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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 31 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've downloaded software that I had paid for, simply because of the bullshit involved with DRM, licence unlocking, etc.

If the user experience of a paid software or service is inferior to a pirated version, then the developers are doing something wrong.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same. At a minimum, I remember having to d/l no-CD cracks to get around the annoying and totally unnecessary disc DRM (that required you to insert the disc, just to prove you had it).

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

While the CD checks are absolutely annoying, nothing, and I mean nothing, was more inconvenient than having to go to a certain page and a certain line and a certain word in the manual to unlock a program you paid for. Fucking infuriating.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Shuddderr. I remember the first time I saw a game do that, I thought oh what a fun little game I guess it's to get me to use the manual... like some kind of ARG, but when I realized the real purpose all the joy was sucked out of it.

[–] Goronmon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Or you could always just not play the game? Is that not an option?

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

But I'm already doing that. I want to do my part to dissuade bad software practices.

Who am I kidding I'm just going to keep working through the Cacowards forever.