Something I’ve learned is that :
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Aside from Indie Devs who keep their properties long term, any money you pay for a game gets split between retailers, distribution chains, and publishing companies and NOT the people who made that game. It doesn’t matter how many copies of FO:NV you buy, Obsidian gets none of it, they were already paid (and denied bonuses).
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Piracy increases games awareness and promotes them, so by allowing some amount of privacy the developers actually boost their sales. E.G. Factorio distributes standalones which, obviously, does lead to friends giving each other copies.
Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
By copying that fish, he took business away from the fisherman who caught it. If it weren’t for his piracy, many people would have been hungry and bought fish from him. Copying fish is stealing.
EldenLord@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
You wouldn‘t download a cod