You’ve unintentionally stumbled upon one of modern gaming’s most pressing questions. When both free and paid options are a neverending smorgasbord of poor design choices, why purchase anything? Live service game models have shifted the landscape much closer to the free porn model for several game genres. Slightly tangential but… !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
Comment on I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I still don’t get why people spend money… there’s tons of it for free
There are free video games. There are paid video games. Why do people pay for video game if free ones exist?
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
U, i like this com, I’m exactly the type. Like I don’r have cutting edge hardware ever, so I usually wait to play some game I liked several years ago, but now. I even borrow GPUs sometimes if I’m not into buying a new one, even if it’s like $200, $300. I know, I’m cheap AF 😁.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
There’s only so much time in the day and devoting much time to poorly designed games is silly. Finding a time tested production from 5+ years ago that plays as well or better than recent games is a minority decision but an objectively reasonable one. Cheaper and assured quality? Yes, please! It’s always nice to find someone likeminded.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Exactly my thoughts! Thank you! 😊
I like quality… buuuut I also like to pay the cheapest price possible for it 😁. I usually buy second hand AV equipment, but only the high quality sfuff. Same goes for everything else 😁. I usually wait for discounts on AliExpress 😁. I know, I know, I’m cheap 😂.
I like to think of myself as “economic”. I only pay for stuff full price when there is no other way (emergency, whatever). In any other scenario, I wait 🤷 😁. As I said, I’m a patient man 😁. Uni taught me a lot of things, and patience was by far THE MOST important lesson IMO.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 months ago
Piracy is a matter of convenience. Buying a game is more convenient than pirating it. You can watch pirated porn movies with a simple Google search.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Not to mention you even get pirate results even if search for a legit way to buy porn… like with Windows, you search for a specific build and tier (Pro, Ent, Home, whatever) and the first results you get are pirate links. Why? MS has abandoned those downloads a long time ago and basically, the only way you could actually get a copy of a specific Windows build is through pirate links… go figure 🤷.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
See, that also puzzles me, I really have no idea… especially since paid ones can also be obtained for free, so 🤷…
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
You really can’t get all paid content for free. Actually most paid content you won’t find for free. It’s not that easy.
Sure if they’re a popular OF creator someone will likely be ripping their stuff but that dries up really quickly when you get to creators with like only a hundred patrons.
The more niche you get the harder it is to find new content for free (pirated or not). That’s why people pay for it, they like the content and there’s no other way to obtain it (and they want to support the creation of it obviously).
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The more niche you get the harder it is to find new content for free (pirated or not). That’s why people pay for it, they like the content and there’s no other way to obtain it (and they want to support the creation of it obviously).
There are sites where you can get that content for a fraction of the price of all of the subscriptions you already have on OF or wherever (paid sharing)… if you really are that hungry for that niche material or a few particular OF content creators. Sure, you don’t get up to date updates on the content, but at least it’s a lot less than what you’d usually pay for all of that content.
And I wouldn’t even pay for that either. It’s not worth it IMO. In the end, it’s just porn.
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Even on sites like that you can’t get everything, since it depends on subscribers actually sharing accounts and not all creators will have those. Trust me, I’ve really scoured the internet for certain creators’ content and it’s just not out there.
Also there are sites beyond OF, a lot actually. There’s just no way to get everything you want easily if you’re into certain stuff/creators.
I get that you find no value in porn regardless of type so you wouldn’t pay for it, which is fine, the majority of people don’t see the need to pay for porn either, but at least understand some people do find value in the content they like, enough to support it. It’s like subscribing to a youtuber’s patreon, their content is still free for everyone but some still want to financially help them.
JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
There’s advantages to paying for video games, even single player such as cloud saves as one example. For multiplayer games you get online play with dedicated servers, rather than finding a workaround like LAN tunneling with pirated games.
You literally get nothing special from paying for porn.
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
You literally get the most special content by paying for porn, personalized content that’s catered to your needs. That’s literally why you pay for it.
Yes, if I just want to see regular old sex K can just go to one of the bazillion free sites out there. But if I have a specific fetish that only a few creators are doing, of course it’s worth paying for it to support the production of said content, especially if their onlyfans allows requests.
I totally understand that the vast majority of people are more than satisfied with typical porn and won’t ever feel the need to pay for it, but there’s so much diversity out there that the regular porn sites can’t get to it all, and that’s why some people pay for it, because they really want to scratch a specific itch.
guacupado@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I really doubt the majority of people paying for OF are getting content specifically made for them. This is a weird argument.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s fine if you’re into vanilla porn, but if you have a fetish even slightly more niche than what they’ve got on ex: Kink.com, you’re not going to find more than a handful of videos for free (unless you go with piracy but that’s beside the point). And those will be digitized German VHS tapes. And will be out of focus. So in situations like that, paying for porn (or, paying to support creators that produce content you enjoy) becomes a lot more attractive as an option.
… not that I’d know anything about it first hand.
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
You sure 🤔… he did kinda sound honest… he probably just has a friend that’s into that, and they are really close and shre things like kinks and stuff like that… yeah, seems like a legit story to me 🤷.
guacupado@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s wild how many people in this thread are using outliers as an argument for the norm.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I am sorry, I dont think I understand what you mean.
Korne127@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There’s much niche stuff on Twitter… but your point stands.
GCanuck@lemmy.world 3 months ago
While I don’t disagree…. I’d just like to say, that if you pay enough for porn, you can get exactly what you’re looking for.
ROI isn’t worth it though.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
WTF is ROI 🤨?
Evotech@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Return on investment