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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee...::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's funny because I pirate everything... except PC games. Because it's so cheap and convenient on steam to just buy them, I like the tracked achievements thing and comparing to friends, and I can play the games on any PC or my steam deck with a quick login and install. I can easily download and install PC games from my private trackers but steam is just so easy and cheap. If movies and TV were as convenient and affordable as steam I wouldn't pirate any of it. But as it stands, I'd have to pay over $200 a month just to have access to all the streaming services that have shows that I like. Fuck that noise. Someone needs to make a version of Steam for media. Kind of like Vudu but less crappy. Just let me pay a few bucks to own a series or a movie, have lots of good sales and deals, let me access the content on all platforms easily, and I would definitely start building a library over time like I've done with steam.

edit: I still do pirate games on PC sometimes just to try them, but usually end up buying on steam because it works better and it can be played on multiple devices easily.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And now that I switched to Linux, Steam releases Proton, like If I needed another reason to only get my games from them.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost all games these days have a requirement to be online to play them, even in single player, and are absolutely ridden with DRM, sometimes even to the extent that it installs rootkits like in the case of Uplay and Valorant. By not voting with your wallet and pirating it yourself, you're doing yourself and the community at large a disservice. ^♪

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

edit because they deleted:

“Poopkins” wrote

Almost all games these days have a requirement to be online to play them, even in single player, and are absolutely ridden with DRM, sometimes even to the extent that it installs rootkits like in the case of Uplay and Valorant. By not voting with your wallet and pirating it yourself, you're doing yourself and the community at large a disservice. ^

And I replied

Okay then. I guess you didn’t even fucking read what I wrote.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Nothing of what you wrote related to my comment, which wasn't deleted—after all, you replied to it. I guess you didn't read what I wrote.