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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is literally the genesis of GOG.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True, but GOG doesn't have everything 🤷

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years 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)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Good exception.