How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.::Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

  • @Xenny
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    5 months ago

    Haven’t pirated a game in over a decade

    • @ABCDE
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      135 months ago

      I have, but that’s an access issue where I live, where there are no official stores to buy things from, and the places which do exist don’t have the games I want (on PS4). I download all Disney content as + is not available here either.

    • @[email protected]
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      75 months ago

      I have pirated a few games due to cost, since my SO is studying at the moment, and one of us has basically always been on parental leave the last 3.5 years. I bought both Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3 when I could afford it though, since both of them brought me more than 100 hours of fun.

    • JJROKCZ
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      55 months ago

      I never have, I don’t see the point when steam is just so convenient and has sales all the time. Just be patient on pricing, the game isn’t going to go away because you didn’t buy on release.

      I also don’t trust downloading unverified, modified, software. An mp3 or mkv is probably going to be safe as you can’t load software through those really, but an exe can do anything

    • Saik0
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      45 months ago

      The list of games I’ve pirated in the past 15 years and steam publish games I’ve played are disparate/disjointed sets.

    • @cyberpunk007
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      25 months ago

      I prayed doom eternal, that was the only one. Then I bought it a week later.

      • @Yamayo
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        35 months ago

        That’s called “the mantis movement”.

    • @lepinkainen
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      15 months ago

      The last game I pirated was Skyrim, and that mostly because I was unemployed and poor at the time

    • @[email protected]
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      15 months ago

      I hadn’t either until the Steam autumn sale 2023, I wanted Dirt Rally 2 GOTY edition because it includes all the DLC, but I couldn’t buy it because I already own the base game…