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Huh? Linux is the gold standard for running pirated games, mainly because of flatpaks and its sandboxing capabilities. The games won't have access to your filesystem and you can disable network access. Installing the games is as easy on Heroic as it is on Windows.
The pirates I know personally all have dedicated PCs to gaming. So none of them care about any files being stolen, or things like that. That’s not many people, so I cannot say it’s some good statistics. But I believe it’s true for many. If I’d pirate games (I’m not a gamer, and I see no point in not buying, if I’m going to play just one game casually), I’d do the same. Since my work PC is plenty powerful, I’d rather use it, but switch disks to not allow Windows to see it. (However, they are encrypted anyway.)
On the other hand, if the games would work on Linux, I’d rather go this isolation way. Sounds just many times easier to me.
Most games work on Linux. The ones that don't are online games with kernel level anti-cheats, which aren't relevant if we're discussing piracy anyway.
But yeah, a dedicated gaming machine with Windows is fine if that's the way you want to go. I was just arguing against the claim that running pirated games on Linux isn't seamless, which is wrong.
Works doesn’t always means works well. “Playable” on proton db has wildly different meanings to some people.
Thanks for explaining that! I was rather commenting on how it is for some of my old friends who game. I’m happy to learn that even piracy is better on Linux :) I may convert those to Linux then!
Many pirates do piracy for the lack of money (hence why many end up buying the game when they get money) so this is def an exception of the exception
I mean, those people I know, they are not computer people. So, for them, having a computer is to play games. If they are pressed with money, they’d rather buy a better GPU than games. It’s not like these people are having multiple computers, keeping one to just play games.
Sure, I agree, when the money isn’t an issue, why won’t you just buy the game?