Astral Knight @astralknightstudio.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Despite what they want you believe, you CAN own a game. If you buy Cake Maker off itchio, we give you the exe. You can put that on a disc or thumb drive and own it forever. bsky.app/profile/mike...Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social 1234
Erick - smells like ink and stupidity @ericklw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If I steal it then yes I do.static.klipy.comJack Sparrow: Take What You CanALT: Jack Sparrow: Take What You Can 0160
LiquidX #ReleasePhantomBlood2007 @liquidx64.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I can hear the seven seas calling to mestatic.klipy.comRobbie Rotten (Stefan Karl) as a PirateALT: Robbie Rotten (Stefan Karl) as a Pirate 000
Slow Current @slocrnt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026You wouldn't... Steal a digital license... Would you? 000
mdunndidit.bsky.social @mdunndidit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026You wouldn't download a game, would you?!?! 010
drjohnwattwolf.bsky.social @drjohnwattwolf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Time to sail the high seas 🏴☠️ 000
Marc Turnes @turnesfurnace.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing.static.klipy.comChuck McCarthy and Pirates Shouting 'ARRRRRRR!'Alt: Chuck McCarthy and Pirates Shouting 'ARRRRRRR!' 071
larkroe.bsky.social @larkroe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I love that the font used in the ad campaign was likely pirated arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...arstechnica.com“You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fontsDigging into archived site points to use of questionable text styling. 120615
Talking Skull @mrar00.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In a funny way we’ve gone back to the rental age. But you can only rent, never buy. And renting costs full price of owning. 0130
David Cromie @nerdgeist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I can hear the music in my head... Also may steal my colleagues handbag just for lols 010
怪獣先生 @kaijusensei.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing" is becoming more and more relevant with each passing day. 0131
tiramika | 🧊🚫 @tiramika.bsky.social · 03/09/2026you wouldn't ironically pirate a font for a 2004 ad about how piracy's bad and then when the ad becomes a meme two decades later everyone finds out you pirated the font/ref 000
Abyzien Serpentis (he/him) 🦋 @abyzien.satan.social · 02/09/2026Counter-statement: You can't steal that which can't be owned. 🤷 000
Slugged! At the Bowser @dr0ngo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"You think you own that game you paid for?" 1244
Fighting Gamester 🔞 @fighting-gamester.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I mean all my cartridges are still fine and to this day, my original NES still works. 000
Cranky Chibi Cthulhu🐙Steam Demo Available NOW!! @littletlalocinteractive.com · 01/09/2026static.klipy.comJake Gyllenhaal See What You Did There MemeALT: Jake Gyllenhaal See What You Did There Meme 040
Queer Witch @puck1008.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I have backgammon and Cosmic Encounters and dominoes and Monopoly and Yahtzee and a couple deck of cards and dice and... 010
Don Sheldon 🌱 @donsheldon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I wish Sony would get a giant FBI warning every time they, I dunno, unlocked their phone? that said something like WARNING THERE ARE SEVERE PENALTIES FOR SELLING THINGS TO PEOPLE AND THEN ACTING LIKE THEY DON'T OWN THEM THAT'S FRAUD AND IS INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI WHO WILL TOSS YOU IN JAIL 0340
MadDamo (Ye olde dev) @damiensturdy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I also like how this is a few chars away from Download. (we have that variant on our car bumper) 020
Emmi @emmisbadart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026They warned us that under socialism, we'd be poor, wouldnt own anything, and live under mass surveillance. Now under capitalism, theyve given us exactly that. 010
Andy @crowbar-andy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026They’re going to bury me with my copy of Skyrim for the PlayStation 3 one day — and the next day Bethesda is going to send someone to dig me up 010
X (Xen/Cole McCade)🏳️⚧️He/Him🏳️🌈 @thisblackmagic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026There are not nearly enough "bitch I might" replies to this. 0130
DougieLombax🩷💜💙 (Dougie/Adrienne/Zeek/not my real name) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪🇦🇲🇺🇦 @dougielombax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026You might as well download the fucking car 0101
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Replies and quote tweets to this are giving me some good insight into which generations / countries did not see this ad at a formative age 93815
Jet Set Alejandro Future @alejansolo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I am merely LISCENSING my money. These corporations need to come to terms with the reality that it is not their money and I am free to take it back in perpetuity. 0323
Workshopcraft - Pirateer: High Seas - November 2025 @workshopcraft.com · 01/09/2026I find my self caught between big publisher trying to tell people they don't own their games and wanting to be an indie dev who sells downloads of his own creations one day. I dread to think how hard it is for established studios <cough> to tread that line as well. 040
Meek 🍁 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Or a house. Or some movies. Maybe someday soon not even our cars. Our lives are on rent by people who will never run out of money. 011
CyberKara @cyberkara.bsky.social · 01/09/2026well mayhaps they should update the storefront lingo to say "rent" instead of "purchase" 4370
DeVore and 1,573 others @devore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If buying isn't ownership .... .... Then piracy isn't stealing. 051
Darevenin @darevenin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Grandmas : "You own can't a game ?" Rest of us : "You know what ? I'm going to pirate even harder!" 020
Idiot creature, alternatively Repugnant muppet @writerfrog99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The high seas await as it seems😘 000
spool32 @spool32.bsky.social · 01/09/2026been waiting for my car download feature for so long now 040
Dr Panda @sirdrpanda.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I can't wait for the return of the online pirate age!!!! 170
andyrs313.bsky.social @andyrs313.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I'm more than happy to pay good developers to create good games. It's the greedy oligarch middlemen who are screwing things up for all of us. 000
aireplane @aireplane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is what Playstation is doing right now, unfortunately #NoDiscNoBuy 110
Get in loser @thosethingsyouknow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026why would you want to own it? you want to play it right? 200
CapBlondebeard @capblondebeard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"Robbing" the local Gamestop today, since they don't own anything there either, so might as well take some of these ownerless copies with me to not own them at home 000
Pineapple on Pizza 🇷🇪🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇳 @pineapplesonpizza.bsky.social · 02/09/2026But you can buy a rare book, absorb it into your library, and destroy the source. Cause you're Jeff Bezos. 000
Shemarria @shemarria.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Yarr matey! Savvy?static.klipy.comCaptain Jack Sparrow's Mischievous SmileALT: Captain Jack Sparrow's Mischievous Smile 030
Mimzy Longingheart @mimzythepony.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What ceo saw back in the days with those anti piracy ads 000
Tim Something @patch5.bsky.social · 02/09/2026About 1995 I licensed the WWIV BBS software, and with that purchase I received access to the C source code for the whole application, and an invitation from Wayne Bell to modify it to my heart's content. But you can't own a game. 031
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