Why pirate games at all? I never understood that.
If games (or movies) are too expensive or not good enough to buy, why download them at all?
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lunarul@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I buy games on Steam for the achievements. Honestly, if it wasn’t for Steam achievements, I’d have never made the switch from pirated games to buying them.
Why pirate games at all? I never understood that.
If games (or movies) are too expensive or not good enough to buy, why download them at all?
If you don’t understand why some folks pirate by this time, you never will. There are plenty of valid–and not-so-valid–reasons to pirate. If you actually care, just type the question into a search engine, there’s a plethora of well written articles on the subject.
99% of people who pirate don’t want to pay for their entertainment. They’ll come up with any excuse as to why they think it’s justified to make them feel better. “F corporations and their drm, this will teach them.”
The other 1% is for when it’s not available by legitimate means or if by chance something they did pay for and was then taken away or something wasn’t working through legitimate ways, then I get it… but again, that’s for 1%.
Another option is to not download at all.
Defending multi-billion dollar corporations in this day and age is absolutely bizarre.
Eww… Bootlickers 🤢
Because free is good? What a stupid question lol
There’s no need for the insult. Just because there’s no lower age limit on the internet doesn’t mean we can’t all be adults.
As an adult, I’m saying that it is a stupid question
I havent paid to watch films or TV shows in decades. No subscriptions, no buying or “digital renting”. No massive amount of DVDs to keep around No risk of some company removing the licensing from the provider which subsequently means I cant watch it.
Ill never stop sailing the pirate seas
Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
GoG Galaxy does achievements too!
lunarul@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And do games use it? Epic Store does achievements too, but very few games actually integrate with it.