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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by a1369209993 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:00PM (#24287205)
When I wanted non-pirated games I had to put a lot of time into it (pysically transport the CD's) then hunt for bugfixes and workarounds to get it running on my operating system and then later deal with the consequences of embedded malware (DRM) and workarounds that interfered with other software.

Today's piracy is way more easier than any method of acquiring such games 15 or 25 years ago.

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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by johnchristopher on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @08:38PM (#24288965)
> When I wanted non-pirated games I had to put a lot of time into it (pysically transport the CD's)

Physically transporting the CD's from the game shop (which was an hour errand to me) doesn't compare to downloading for days or hunting that guy whose brother maybe had it on a random CD in his room.

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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by a1369209993 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:40PM (#24289650)
That's fair; different people have different experiences. I have a long history of setting things up so that downloads happen in the background while I'm doing something else, and that rarely took longer than arranging a trip into town anyway. My other complaints still apply though.
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