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Turkey prepares to block Steam and Epic Games. Hello, piracy! (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 2 days ago by kaptan@hackerz.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hey everyone.

Government of Türkiye is pushing a new regulation that would force Steam, Epic, PlayStation etc. to appoint local representatives. If they refuse? The whole platform gets banned.

They also want full access to user data and the power to arbitrarily ban "risky" content. This isn't just a Turkish thing, governments everywhere are trying to pull this crap. They think blocking platforms will control us? All they are doing is driving people straight to VPNs and piracy. If you make it impossible to buy games legally, we'll just sail the high seas for free.

Thanks for the boost, I guess.

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[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago

If I buy a car I can change the lights, swap out the engine, do whatever I want with it, it's mine, I own it.

I'd argue that modern cars behave very similar to DRM-protected games.

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

It's not similar, it's the exact same crap. Yeah you can change the tires of your choice, as well as the cover for your phone or the sleeve for your laptop, but that's about as far as you can go with your 'new' car nowadays.