I’ve spent a while debating what to say on this topic. I should read through and see what others have said. But, I want my response to be my own words and not influenced by others.
First of all, thank you for starting this thread. I am embarrassed that it wasn’t obvious to me that the idea of thanking content creators for their work was important. I think this was because in American culture (I was raised in the United States), anything related to sex is generally a taboo topic. How does one politely say, “Thanks for making this script. It has made masturbating so much more enjoyable.” As a sexually repressed American, that statement is really difficult to write – let alone say. I don’t know whether this influences other people’s actions or not. Because of your post, I am working on remembering to say thank you more often. It is still uncomfortable. Nevertheless, saying thank you to someone who has put hours into creating something that I enjoy… that’s the beginning of courtesy and polite behavior.
As to the anti-piracy comments, I agree. When I was in my teens, I wanted to be a software developer and to make games. At that time, pirating games seemed trivial to me. I couldn’t afford the games, and I wanted to play them. Piracy was my easiest option. Then I realized that if I pirate other people’s games, it would be hypocritical for me to get mad when other people pirate my games. It was a difficult time for me. I wanted the games. I could get the games for free. And yet, I wanted future me to be able to be indignant and angry with a clean conscience.
At a basic level, if we have the means to purchase a sex toy that is able to leverage funscripts, it seems reasonable that we can afford to pay for a subscription to an adult website. To me, that argument makes reasonable sense. It’s kind of like, “If you don’t have the money to tip, you don’t have the money to go out to dinner.” Owning a car includes the requirement to purchase gasoline. Subscribing to an adult website is (in my mind) like buying gas for my car.
I think the problem here is that piracy is so common that people are used to talking about it openly. It reminds me of when someone at church offered to “burn me a copy” of professionally produced religious music which they thought I would enjoy. The fact that they were offering me an illegally produced copy of the music didn’t even cross their mind.
And so, there are likely many people on this forum who don’t realize that when they talk about openly about piracy, there are other people on this forum who earn some or all of their income in the adult industry. Some people work for companies that produce or publish the content. Some people earn money selling funscripts. And so on. Piracy threatens these people’s livelihoods.
And yet, somehow, it never occurs to many of these people that their open discussions about piracy in front of (and sometimes on the threads created by) people who earn their income from the adult industry is fundamentally rude. It would be like walking into a corner market, standing in front of the owner, and talking about how awesome shoplifting is.
At least, that is my $0.02. Again, thank you for starting this thread. I will continue to work on remembering to say thank you.
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I was horny enough to script the videos on my own. And scripting everyday just made me better and better at it.
