Comment on 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.

• ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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• Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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• JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨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

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• TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have pirated GTA5 and Cyberpunk 2077. Both were a disappointment.

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• cyberpunk007@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Yamayo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s called “the mantis movement”.

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• Kekin@lemy.lol ⁨8⁩ ⁨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…

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• lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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