Comment on Can't play an EA game via geforce now

• mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Piracy is justified if it’s to run abandonware, a broken DRM protection scheme blocking legitimate users from playing what they paid for, and for historical purposes (archiving, etc).

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That doesn’t cover the majority.

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    • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Poor Greg…

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah I’m bad about making typos.

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• Daxtron2@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you don’t own the software when you buy it, it’s not stealing to pirate it.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s not true in the least. The smart move is to use alternative software.

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol yes, except when you can’t. How do you find an alternate game? If EA owns the rights they own it there is no alternative. For Photoshop, Microsoft office, etc, I get it.

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      • thecrotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t necessarily agree with the guy you’re arguing with, but are you really claiming you not only have to play games, you have to play a particular game? That is the most neckbeardy thing I’ve ever heard. Forget touching grass, touch better priorities.

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      • irreticent@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Exactly. There have been a few open source, free adaptations of games in the past but it’s rare. Rollercoaster Tycoon comes to mind as a rare outlier. Didn’t someone come out with a great free approximation or was it just for Linux?

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      • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well Mass Effect ripped off its main plotline from the Freespace series, and that’s available DRM-free and runs on an open-source engine.

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• jackoneill@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In our society piracy is always justified

  Fuck every last one of these corporations

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How so? You are supporting them buy using there software.

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      *their

      But it doesn’t support them when they don’t see income from it. You don’t even register as a number on their side, likely

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You are still supporting them by using a product from them. It doesn’t matter if you are paying or not.

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    • jackoneill@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not paying them means you are not supporting them

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If you even use the software you are supporting them. The only way not to is a complete boycott

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• chitak166@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bet you watch ads, too.

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  • Gestrid@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not OP, but I typically only pirate games if they’re unavailable for purchase in a more legal way. Like PS2 games, for example.

    Most of the modern games I buy these days are from developers I genuinely want to support and see more from, like Atlus or Vanillaware.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well no, I just stay away from proprietary software. For the internet I use ublock origin.

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• poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Courageous to make such a comment on Lemmy, where the community will bend over backwards to justify piracy.

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• dumpsterlid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ that’s right me mateys, being a pirate is lame and you should definitely…… nottttttt do it………….

  Good thing I have this eye patch so I can wink without anyone seeing.

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