schneefink | Pirating ebooks?

I was talking about this recently and I'm wondering what you guys think.

Poll #20275

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 38

It's okay to pirate an ebook when:

never
3 (7.9%)

you already own the ebook but it's on a different device
27 (71.1%)

you already own a physical copy of the book
17 (44.7%)

you used to own a copy of the book but don't anymore
4 (10.5%)

the library has a copy of the book
2 (5.3%)

the author is a terrible person that you don't want to give money to
16 (42.1%)

you can't afford to buy it
9 (23.7%)

you can't afford to buy it right now but plan to buy it once you can
11 (28.9%)

you can't buy it for technical reasons
21 (55.3%)

other (please explain in a comment)
8 (21.1%)

Yeah, that's annoying :(

Kobo is much better about formats than Amazon, so I tend to buy my ebooks there:

https://www.kobo.com/

I always try to buy my ebooks somewhere other than Amazon (usually at Thalia), but there are some not available anywhere else and it's annoying.

Hmm never heard of Thalia and google reveals nothing that looks relevant. Is that an ebook site?

It's a large bookstore in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. I got my ebook reader there so it's easy to buy directly from them.