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[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don’t pirate indie games, small-budget movies, or music from unknown bands. I hurt major corporations specifically.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Indie games are better these days anyways. I just use AAA games as performance benchmarks lmao.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For some older indie games, piracy is the only way to play them. But otherwise, I agree with this.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is literally the genesis of GOG.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True, but GOG doesn't have everything 🤷

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You misunderstood. I meant that piracy is literally how many of games were saved. GOG started because some guys stockpiled pirated copies of games, then cracked and/or reversed engineered them to work on modern PCs. Eventually, they got the rights to sell some legally and GOG.com was born.

My point was that piracy isn't always bad because companies have no incentive to preserve their products after they've stopped selling. (See vintage ROMs)

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

GOG started because some guys stockpiled pirated copies of games, then cracked and/or reversed engineered them to work on modern PCs. Eventually, they got the rights to sell some legally and GOG.com was born.

Nice! Didn't know that!

My point was that piracy isn't always bad because companies have no incentive to preserve their products after they've stopped selling. (See vintage ROMs)

True.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Yes you will scream bloody murder about AI pirating from artists. Get it together lol.

[–] Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Of course piracy preserves old games. Also piracy is not a problem when it is miniscule. The issue is when piracy becomes the norm, so that these companies will be pushed towards more locked systems (consoles exclusives) and abandon PC. Some may even call for androud style locking up on PC.

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