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Anyone ever want to pirate for moralistic reasons? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago by Skellysgirl@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I wanna listen to a particular song by an artist who has recently turned pretty nazi. As I generally use Spotify I now refuse to listen to his music in there, esp as it generates earnings. I kinda wanna pirate the music somehow…I’m not gonna as I’m not gonna down a song or two and then store it on my phone like it’s the year 2000. But short story is this me justifying piracy to myself.

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 28 points 1 day ago

Yeah I pirate all the games that:

Require an internet connection
Use Denuvo
Require a dedicated launcher
Require a connected account

If you're going to make the paid experience significantly worse than the free one because you want to implement anti-consumer BS, go fuck yourself

[-] Skellysgirl@lemm.ee 1 points 22 hours ago

Yeh I am not a gamer but have a family of them. As the tech person I’m usually the one dealing with purchases and set up. The evolution of gaming has become a real burden.

[-] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 day ago

Also rootkit anti cheat.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Really important "morals" you've got there. External launchers? Really? Almost like people just look for excuses to pirate and save money. At least be honest with yourself.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Then don't give me excuses. Don't be a scumbag. External launchers only exist to serve ads and DRM, they have no benefit to the consumer. I own hundreds of games, imagine if each one of them required a dedicated launcher!?