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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Should every game be forced to support your chosen platform? I don’t see Mac users acting like this.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine supporting Denuvo lmao. What a guy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I’m not supporting any particular game or constellation of software. Just noticing the entitlement in the thread, and across Lemmy.

When people act entitled to pirate something, that’s when I think things are off the rails. They act like it’s their right to obtain other peoples work.

Invasive DRM is shitty. And it’s a bummer software does not easily work on all platforms. But no one is automatically entitled to a copy of someone else’s labor.

You know who else acts entitled to copies of other people’s labor? The AI companies.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm allowed to read my book in the bathtub or in the seat of a plane. I'm not entitled to scan it and upload the result of this action in any form without involving the author.

^ this is common sense and gaming companies currently have so little, it's pathetic. they'd rather see people litter the planet with 4 different PCBs and plastic of the current gen consoles than arrive at common sense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree that DRM is stupid. There are plenty of examples these days where DRM went away and nothing fell apart. iTunes Music Store, GoG, region free discs.

Still clinging to DRM is regressive. And they are hypocritical, because DRM like the one this post deals with are regularly removed from the game after a period of time.

DRM doesn’t work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People are always morally entitled to piracy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

When the state and corporate doesn't respect your property or their contracts with you, youare obligated to engage in it as form of civil disobedience.

Media is 100% discretionary purchase... They act like it is rent 🤡

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