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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/7643915

As always in capitalism, video games have largely deformed from an art form into just another means to generate profit for large corporations

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't need licensing to copy that floppy. That's what your mind can't grasp.

[–] bernieecclestoned -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Soviet Union owned all copyright, there was no licensing let alone individual copyright.

Where are you getting floppies from? Where are you getting your computer from?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Computers and floppies existed outside of the USSR, as did Tetris.

[–] bernieecclestoned -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The floppy, invented by IBM, one of the biggest capitalist companies ever??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you have me confused for someone else.

[–] bernieecclestoned -1 points 1 year ago

Computers and floppies existed outside of the USSR, as did Tetris.