Dramatic Shitposter@discuss.tchncs.de to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoOnce a pirate, always a piratediscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up11.42Karrow-down1161
arrow-up11.26Karrow-down1imageOnce a pirate, always a piratediscuss.tchncs.deDramatic Shitposter@discuss.tchncs.de to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square247fedilink
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·1 year ago Gaben himself in interviews says all data points towards the best way to combat piracy is by providing a good service/convenience. And yet people still pirate Steam games all day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Then they started becoming bastards in every single aspect of convenience and cost so back to sailing. ie: “I justify theft to myself because they charge more than I personally think they’re worth.”
minus-squareCodilingus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI didn’t say it was the ONLY reason people pirate…
minus-squareSaltySalamander@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year ago And yet people still pirate Steam games all day Compared to even 10 years ago, game piracy is almost nonexistent. Steam is the reason.
And yet people still pirate Steam games all day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ie: “I justify theft to myself because they charge more than I personally think they’re worth.”
I didn’t say it was the ONLY reason people pirate…
Compared to even 10 years ago, game piracy is almost nonexistent. Steam is the reason.
Based on what?