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Anon tries to save money (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] architectonas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They could also choose not to. Also, I have never heard of any game not selling well due to piracy. It just leads to producers not earning quite as much money as they could theoretically (though it is debatable if pirating people really would buy the game instead of just refraining completely).

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Whether or not it is what actually happens, it's what they tell their shareholders, which is enough to make them resort to anti-consumer practices like third party launchers and anti-theft software.