(i’m also gonna ambush my friends about Signal on sunday and coerce them to download it to get rid of the green bubbles)

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Exactly.

    Piracy was “tolerated”, because it stole money from competitors.

    Even if a pirate lied and only turned over some of the booty to the crown, it still took it from their enemies.