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[–] Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of course piracy preserves old games. Also piracy is not a problem when it is miniscule. The issue is when piracy becomes the norm, so that these companies will be pushed towards more locked systems (consoles exclusives) and abandon PC. Some may even call for androud style locking up on PC.

[–] pandacoder@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Google is already trying the latter with the Web DRM stuff they're trying to shove down everyone's throats (and why I stopped using Chrome and Chromium — I've been daily driving Firefox for a while now and replaced Chromium with Brave for when I need a Chromium browser).

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Streaming happened after piracy…but then piracy still happens to keep streaming in check it seems. It’s like that looming ‘did you want to make some money or no money?’ Threat On the greedy distributors. Has absolutely fuck all to do with the artist.