• DingoBilly@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    OP doesn’t understand the difference between piracy and drm-free.

    But hey, looks like the advertising is working on you to promote GOG so good on them for a successful tweet.

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        8 months ago

        DRM punishes paying customers. DRM free is the best choice for anyone who enjoys games, and supporting the devs is the best way to get more games you enjoy.

        DRM free isn’t pro-piracy it is pro-consumer.

        I couldn’t give a shit what pirates are doing. I pay for my games and I don’t want DRM ruining my experience.

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          8 months ago

          Couldn’t be more right. I went 100% on GoG after not being able to play the Steam games I wanted to play during an internet outage because of dumb always online requirement.

      • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 months ago

        Just type any game title to the torrent tracker and you’ll find you this is only for the first crack. After game is cracked by just one person, everybody can pirate it just like if there was no DRM.

        DRM-free is exactly the reason I buy on GOG and would never pirate a game that exists on GOG.

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        8 months ago

        No. Only a few people in the world are capable/dedicated to breaking copy protection. Everyone else just downloads already pirated software, no matter how hard it was to break. It’s just as easy.

        If I wanted to play GTA V (which I acquired legally twice) I would just look for a pirated copy. The legal one keeps updating every few days with huge downloads, requires you to download some crappy launcher, the launcher also needs to update, you need to login you need internet connection, etc, etc. It’s a terrible hassle and made me abandon the game mid-story.