I mean… Are they right on top of this? The internet has only been around for… 40 years now?

Piracy has been a significant part of it for at least the last 30.

I dont want to sound like I’m justifying the lack of responses, but govt moves at the speed of govt, and it really doesn’t feel like anyone is really on piracy.

This implies that I am paying to access HA outside my network. I am not. You do not need any kind of subscription to access home assistant externally.

Bruh, you can’t use this image without risk of legal consequences

Yeah, yeah you can, the heck? Parody, Fair use, and a variety of other options exist for the purpose described by the guy above you.

That said, you aren’t talking about that and I can’t help but feel like the guy you are responding to is acting in bad faith by intentionally misinterpreting what you are talking about, or they’re a useful idiot who doesn’t know what they are speaking about. Dismissing what they’re talking about is unhelpful. Either provide a context correct correction, or ignore them.