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Vanishing act: 87% of classic video games are no longer available commercially | The disappearance of classic video games (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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That probably doesn't come as much of a surprise to retro gaming enthusiasts, but those outside the gaming community might not even know there is a problem....

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[–] insta11 1 points 1 year ago

How could you steal something you don’t even ever own you just buy a license to play it essentially. Either way piracy is not theft in my eyes it is called piracy for a reason. You cannot claim a pirated copy of a piece of software is a lost sale.