I need to have access to the Internet anyway. In fact, having it makes me a decent amount of money. You could say it costs me negative several thousand euros a month. Piracy or scrolling Lemmy is a bonus.
Getting Usenet means additional cost, but the only benefit is piracy. Therefore, it’s paying to pirate.
It depends on how you look at it.
You pay for your internet. Isn’t that you paying to pirate?
If it is then it’s only a factor of cost. He pays slightly more for Usenet access and internet access and then he pirates.
If it’s not then it’s not a factor of cost and it’s only a factor of pedantism.
I need to have access to the Internet anyway. In fact, having it makes me a decent amount of money. You could say it costs me negative several thousand euros a month. Piracy or scrolling Lemmy is a bonus.
Getting Usenet means additional cost, but the only benefit is piracy. Therefore, it’s paying to pirate.