I wouldn't mind let you steal my bike if you can simply copy it like how you copy the app file as long as I keep having it too! Your example doesn't make any sense!
I agree with you that the App store needs to have "free" samplings and trials of all their apps. I also agree with Mac though, that in the end, stealing is stealing. It is hard now a days to think of something so virtual as a property. When you vision it as something you can hold, touch, or eat, like a "burger" as Mac says, you realize that you are still stealing something. It is understandable to justify stealing apps by saying that we buy enough crappy apps already, but working around the system and stealing is not the way to go about it. Maybe, by contacting Apple about the issue rather than by stealing, we can get what we REALLY want. But most don't like going about it the right way, it's always about the easiest way now a days.
Your pessimism confuses me. What exactly is freedom for you when we are all slaves to consumerism - to getting the latest phones, tv's, cars, clothes, etc., fueling large corporations to greedily make more and more money by not "screwing their neighbors" but maybe how about the "whole town", if you want to use metaphors. If you want to be free, maybe start by getting rid of your wordly possessions that have really no actual value. Now, how deep is that for you?
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