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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee... (www.pandasecurity.com)
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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee...::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost all games these days have a requirement to be online to play them, even in single player, and are absolutely ridden with DRM, sometimes even to the extent that it installs rootkits like in the case of Uplay and Valorant. By not voting with your wallet and pirating it yourself, you're doing yourself and the community at large a disservice. ^♪

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

edit because they deleted:

“Poopkins” wrote

Almost all games these days have a requirement to be online to play them, even in single player, and are absolutely ridden with DRM, sometimes even to the extent that it installs rootkits like in the case of Uplay and Valorant. By not voting with your wallet and pirating it yourself, you're doing yourself and the community at large a disservice. ^

And I replied

Okay then. I guess you didn’t even fucking read what I wrote.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Nothing of what you wrote related to my comment, which wasn't deleted—after all, you replied to it. I guess you didn't read what I wrote.