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[Benny Profane]

I'll bet you guys think that you pay full cost for an Uber. Or that your ten bucks a month for Spotify actually supports the musical industry in a comfortable way. You'll figure it out some day.

[digitaldog]

I'll bet you guys think that you pay full cost for an Uber. Or that your ten bucks a month for Spotify actually supports the musical industry in a comfortable way. You'll figure it out some day.

I don't use Uber or Spotify.
I don't steal like you.
I don't hide behind an alias like you and even if I felt the need, I would not be as foolish as you are and admit to stealing.
The thief thinks all men steal.
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot". -Groucho Marx

[Benny Profane]

So, you're the RCA dog? Who knew?

Seriously, it's as though they wanted me to "Steal" it. It happened within corporations. They could have easily put up some sort of secure wall, but, they didn't. They knew it was happening. They took a gamble, just like Uber is by giving away cheap cab rides, and Spotify by giving me like every song ever recorded for ten bucks a month. They all want monopoly power, and some get it. The U.S. government successfully sued Bill Gates for his attempt, but they let another hundred acts slip through he cracks. But, after their position in the graphics industry was solidified after Macromedia imploded, they then had the captive audience, i.e., me and maybe billions worldwide, by the proverbial cajones. We had to subscribe. There was and still is no viable alternative. Ka Ching. Get it?

[digitaldog]

So, you're the RCA dog? Who knew?

Look who's talking out of his ass again:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kBvzehGYbdk2haHbLbwnH

Seriously, it's as though they wanted me to "Steal" it.

The absurd is the last refuge of a pundit without an argument.

You've admitted to stealing. We get it, you're a crook, hide behind an alias, and have zero proof you've worked at anything anyone would steal otherwise (IOW, a hack).

You're posting (hijacking) a thread on a forum for photographers, but you're not a photographer and any pro photographer would never consider stealing another photographer's work and understands intellectual property. You're trying unsuccessfully to insult a guy who was a chair member of the APA (look it up), an organization of photographers supporting others in media rights and selling their intellectual property so the idea of stealing anything is not going to wash with me.
Get it? No, you don't.
You're also again not being taken seriously here. Bottom line: Thief & Fool.

[Benny Profane]

You are a very angry man.

[TechTalk]

Seriously, it's as though they wanted me to "Steal" it.

The ability of the human mind to rationalize away nefarious acts is pretty amazing. How tight were those shorts that Adobe was wearing to justify your actions again?

We had to subscribe. There was and still is no viable alternative. Ka Ching.

What Adobe product are you using for which there is no viable alternative?  You can think about it while I rummage thru your wallet. Ka Ching!

Get it?

Yeah... we still get it. It's just that we got it ethically and legally.

[digitaldog]

You are a very angry man.

Another assumption without merit.
I'm however not a thief. You admit to being one.
Get it? Nope.
Not an assumption, unless you're just a liar (Based on your posting here, your talents could include both however):

As long as you had a thumb drive and a serial number, it was easy to "borrow", er, steal Photoshop from another computer. I never paid for it until subscription.

[TechTalk]

You'll figure it out some day.

I sincerely hope that you figure it out some day. It will likely start with you being honest with yourself and not rationalizing your negative actions. If you can do that with some consistency, there's a chance that you might become trustworthy in your interactions with others.

[Benny Profane]

What Adobe product are you using for which there is no viable alternative?  You can think about it while I rummage thru your wallet. Ka Ching!

Why, Photoshop, of course. What, are you using something anywhere close? Besides, try entering the retouching business not knowing or using or knowing Photoshop, and get beck to me on that one.

[Benny Profane]

I sincerely hope that you figure it out some day. It will likely start with you being honest with yourself and not rationalizing your negative actions. If you can do that with some consistency, there's a chance that you might become trustworthy in your interactions with others.

I should stop, but, one last thing. Did somebody tell you life is fair at some point in your life, and you believed that person?

[digitaldog]

Besides, try entering the retouching business not knowing or using or knowing Photoshop, and get beck to me on that one.

Yes, try entering that business. Then get back to us.

[digitaldog]

I should stop, but, one last thing. Did somebody tell you life is fair at some point in your life, and you believed that person?

You should. All doubt removed.

[Benny Profane]

Yes, try entering that business. Then get back to us.

Twenty five years, dawg.

As the saying goes, some people do, the rest teach and advise.

[TechTalk]

I should stop, but, one last thing. Did somebody tell you life is fair at some point in your life, and you believed that person?

I'm grateful that I had people convince me early in life that regardless of how fair life is, I should always aim to treat others fairly. They referred to it as a Golden Rule. Lot's of people are trying to live with that concept in their approach to life and other people as well.

I'd have to say that it seems to have been good advice and worked out pretty well for me. It's a concept that dates back thousands of years; so I suspect that it's also worked out pretty well for others that have tried it before me and those of a like mind.

[digitaldog]

Twenty five years, dawg.

Ah yes, "Benny Profane", the Banksy of retouching. This is the reason you must hide behind an alias, can't show us your work. Which like Photoshop, was likely stolen. As you've admitted to us!
Pathetic.

[digitaldog]

As the saying goes, some people do, the rest teach and advise.

And as your audience has seen, some steal. 🤔
What do you want to do when you grow up Benny?
Most little boys say a fireman or astronaut.

[chez]

I should stop, but, one last thing. Did somebody tell you life is fair at some point in your life, and you believed that person?

Yes, please stop. You already gave us a glimpse of your morals...I don't think we want to see more. It's ugly.

[Randy Carone]

digitaldog, I applaud your answers and responses, which are always spot on. BUT, why waste your time with the cretin? He/she is obviously a no-talent troll who just likes to argue the wrong side of most discussions. Let's ignore him (or her). I'll call his logic and thoughts 'Artificial Unintelligence', which are as predictable as my cat's reaction when I shake a box or treats.

[digitaldog]

digitaldog, I applaud your answers and responses, which are always spot on. BUT, why waste your time with the cretin? He/she is obviously a no-talent troll who just likes to argue the wrong side of most discussions. Let's ignore him (or her). I'll call his logic and thoughts 'Artificial Unintelligence', which are as predictable as my cat's reaction when I shake a box or treats.

This troll + cretin has a long history here and in another forum of being, well a troll, cretin, fool and trying to convince others he's some kind of retoucher. I doubt he could retouch himself out of a wet paper bag with the pen tool! Anyway, thanks and to answer your question (why I do this):
"Deceiving a fool is an exploit worthy of an intelligent man." -Giacomo Girolamo Casanova

[Randy Carone]

I get it. It can be fun to dope-slap a mean-spirited low-life, who asks for everything thrown at it (a carefully chosen pronoun).