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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by voltagex_ on Friday May 17, 2019 @08:05AM (#19938687)
A slight hitch: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/10/08/epic-games-buyin... and https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/964284402741149698...
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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by cameronbrown on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:44AM (#19940674)
Not condoning piracy, but it is a great equaliser. Hackers and modders will find their way around anti cheats anyway, I believe there's nothing unethical about exploiting that to play through Linux.

But yeah Epic Games is terrible.

GOG/Humble have done wonders for Linux as alternative stores.

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