Indeed, and those who take items from the aisle at Target and walk out the door are also taking the road of least resistance. Such a hassle to go and check out, after all.

First of all, it doesn't feel the same to me at all.

Second, it's about the chance of getting caught. With online piracy this is zero. Doing that at target will net you a criminal record even if you're really good.

Conisder another example: You're hiking through the hills, are getting hungry and there's an apple orchard you can easily reach from the trail. Would you take an apple?

PS I didn't mean to make this a heated discussion, though it's obviously a hot take. I just wanted to explain my point of view. I'm kinda beyond justifying this.

You can be against piracy, totally understandable, but your not going to convince anyone to not pirate media with this kind of strained comparison and dismissive sarcasm.

There is a pretty obvious difference between copying data (which leaves the original available) and removing a physical item from a store (which does not leave the original available). You can still consider both to be wrong, but they should be differentiated.

It is also worth trying to understand why people pirate, and addressing those issues, rather than just have snarky comment wars.

My goal is not to convince, merely my own comment i was broadcasting.

Though, I’m as interested in why people pirate as I am why people steal from stores.

The old "1-0=1-1" argument. You are unlikely to convince anybody here that this is true.