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GOG basically acknowledges piracy in a meme (slrpnk.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

GOG doesn't really have pirated games or any of that gray market nonsense. It is on the same level as steam in terms of it being a first party seller

[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 months ago

No, it does not.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 6 months ago

Drm-free isn’t piracy

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Gog tries but its only drm free till its not.

Looking at you Cult of the lamb!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

iirc the COTL issue was caused by a miscommunication between the dev team, publisher and gog itself
pretty sure it has long been fixed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

What happened?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Epic is the same

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago

if i own a piece of software i should have the right to put that software on a usb and lend it to a friend for the weekend or someshit

[–] [email protected] 139 points 6 months ago (1 children)

OP doesn't understand the difference between piracy and drm-free.

But hey, looks like the advertising is working on you to promote GOG so good on them for a successful tweet.

[+] [email protected] -20 points 6 months ago (5 children)

drm makes it a lot harder to pirate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

DRM often encourages piracy

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Just type any game title to the torrent tracker and you'll find you this is only for the first crack. After game is cracked by just one person, everybody can pirate it just like if there was no DRM.

DRM-free is exactly the reason I buy on GOG and would never pirate a game that exists on GOG.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Not all DRM is the same. Up until a week or so ago when they removed it, I couldn't pirate Lies of P because it used Denovu. Pretty hard to pirate things nobody has cracked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Rip crackwatch

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

No. Only a few people in the world are capable/dedicated to breaking copy protection. Everyone else just downloads already pirated software, no matter how hard it was to break. It's just as easy.

If I wanted to play GTA V (which I acquired legally twice) I would just look for a pirated copy. The legal one keeps updating every few days with huge downloads, requires you to download some crappy launcher, the launcher also needs to update, you need to login you need internet connection, etc, etc. It's a terrible hassle and made me abandon the game mid-story.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

DRM punishes paying customers. DRM free is the best choice for anyone who enjoys games, and supporting the devs is the best way to get more games you enjoy.

DRM free isn't pro-piracy it is pro-consumer.

I couldn't give a shit what pirates are doing. I pay for my games and I don't want DRM ruining my experience.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Aggressive DRM mostly punishes paying customers. The game will probably be cracked anyways.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Couldn't be more right. I went 100% on GoG after not being able to play the Steam games I wanted to play during an internet outage because of dumb always online requirement.

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