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

• daltotron@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you even use the software you are supporting them.

  How?

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mostly because you are not using alternatives. By using it you are more likely not to pirate it if they make harder to pirate or run a sale. There is also the fact that others see you using it and are encouraged to not using alternatives.

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    • daltotron@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t really know if any of that holds true if I already have the game in my possession. Maybe if it was theoretically the case that future software was harder to pirate for some additional drm insanity, but then the neat thing is that games that are just released are harder to pirate and tend to never be on sale, so that’s a kind of automatic balance. Also

      There is also the fact that others see you using it and are encouraged to not using alternatives.

      what do you mean by “alternatives”? alternatives to piracy? alternatives to the games people want to play?

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