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Piracy is gud or not

Submitted by otakuperson, , Thread ID: 275262

25-09-2023, 11:38 AM
#1
In the early days of the internet, Anime started to reach a worldwide audience in many ways that were less than legal. Before the big Google buyout, many people followed their favorite shows on YouTube, where rampant piracy was unchecked. Many encoder teams were in place to localize new anime episodes as they went live. It was a road to maturity and a learning process for networks that tried to fight these efforts to no avail.

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#2
Piracy is good:
  1. Many games are region locked, no longer sold, or otherwise unable to be purchased legitimately. For people in that position, piracy is the only way to obtain that game.

  2. Many people would argue that piracy is about convenience, rather than cost. A classic example is StarCraft 2, which had a singleplayer campaign that you couldn't play offline because of the DRM. The cracked game could be played offline, so people played that version. This argument further suggests that piracy doesn't hurt game sales, decisions like that hurt game sales.

  3. Many people pirate games because they simply can't afford them. Since they wouldn't have been able to pay for the game, no sale is technically lost. They're not choosing between buying or pirating, they're choosing between pirating and not playing it at all.

Piracy is bad:

  1. The argument that poor people can't afford games is flawed. People in this position still need a game system, a TV and a controller (or their PC equivalents) at a minimum to be able to play the game. This likely costed more than the game. If you can afford a game system, you can probably afford a few games.

  2. At the end of the day, piracy does hurt game sales. The degree is open for debate, but some people will always choose not to pay for something they would have paid for if piracy wasn't an option.

  3. Pirated games are often buggy, may lack working multiplayer, and carry the risk of containing malware. They also may not be able to get updates. In cases like this, buying the full game may be much more enjoyable, and pirating the game robs you of that experience.

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#3
okay maybe i know it's not right but sometimes it's needed

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#4
Piracy is gud! Love it hate people keeping things secret

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#5
can't say but EA game made to be cracked it's a shit company

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#6
In my opinion, if you can afford it, you should pay for it. I do however understand it when you truly don't have enough money to pay

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#7
thankjs for the pack g love to see it

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#8
idk man but i do it most of the time anyways lol

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