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[–] themeatbridge 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For some older indie games, piracy is the only way to play them. But otherwise, I agree with this.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is literally the genesis of GOG.

[–] Viking_Hippie 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but GOG doesn't have everything 🤷

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You misunderstood. I meant that piracy is literally how many of games were saved. GOG started because some guys stockpiled pirated copies of games, then cracked and/or reversed engineered them to work on modern PCs. Eventually, they got the rights to sell some legally and GOG.com was born.

My point was that piracy isn't always bad because companies have no incentive to preserve their products after they've stopped selling. (See vintage ROMs)

[–] Viking_Hippie 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

GOG started because some guys stockpiled pirated copies of games, then cracked and/or reversed engineered them to work on modern PCs. Eventually, they got the rights to sell some legally and GOG.com was born.

Nice! Didn't know that!

My point was that piracy isn't always bad because companies have no incentive to preserve their products after they've stopped selling. (See vintage ROMs)

True.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Good exception.