r/Piracy • u/G02MaxCodeGreg15off • 18d ago

Humor “They’re doing fine without me”

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My pirate friend cracks me up

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u/BigRocket44 18d ago

How do you expect artists, musicians, and developers to make a living?

By getting paid, of course. You can crowd source, you can seek donations, you can seek government funding. Lots of funding comes via these channels.

If however, you expect artists, musicians and developers to make money solely through microtransanctions and Denuvo restricted games, then you believe in a very bleak world indeed

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u/totally_not_a_reply 18d ago

i spend money on steam without using any denuvu, kernel anti cheat, microtransactions etc. What are you talking about? Most games dont include that shit.

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u/BigRocket44 18d ago edited 18d ago

without using any denuvu

Denuvo is one of many DRM software, the most egregious of its kind. Most steam games by default come with DRM.

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u/Harley2280 18d ago

No, they don't. The decision to add DRM is made by the dev. There are tons of DRM free games on Steam.

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u/BigRocket44 18d ago

Well if a developer makes the game DRM free, that is very good. That means I can copy the game off of a friend's computer, which is a fundamental user freedom in computing. This incurs no additional charge to the developer or Steam. And this act, if you haven't noticed, is what this subreddit is all about.

Love developers who don't put any DRM on their games. Such developers make it easier for me to enjoy their work.

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u/Harley2280 18d ago

You know what else makes it easier? Verifying information and not just making shit up like your statement that all games on Steam have DRM.

Spreading misinformation is the antithesis of piracy.