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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by Telaneo on Monday December 29, 2025 @01:29PM (#46423684)
> They don't because too many people pirate games to make that a viable business.

Given how many games on Steam are sold either DRM free (you can just transfer the files over to another PC and they just work) or functionally DRM free (Steam's DRM is trivially bypassed, so one step removed from DRM free), this doesn't really scan. Other than games with Denuvo and multiplayer games, DRM is a non-issue for actual pirates.

It seems a lot more likely to me that the people in charge will have a fit at the idea of releasing the games DRM free, but don't actually care to know anything about the details. So long as the DRM checkbox is ticked, and they don't know about the fact that Steam's DRM is trivially bypassed, everybody mostly gets what they want.

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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by HeavyStorm on Monday December 29, 2025 @01:47PM (#46423909)
Also, many such games are on gog DRM free, and certainly pirates don't care where they get their games.
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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by hhh on Monday December 29, 2025 @01:53PM (#46423979)
Yes they do. When I used to pirate a lot of games because I was broke I was gleefully happy to see a GOG release.

The scene exists for a reason, it is a very trust based ecosystem.

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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by guizadillas on Monday December 29, 2025 @02:08PM (#46424164)
Yeah I usually trust anything a girl who is particularly fit repacks
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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by 867-5309 on Monday December 29, 2025 @03:11PM (#46424980)
good luck sourcing the (supposedly) malware-free release
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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by guizadillas on Monday December 29, 2025 @08:30PM (#46428427)
the source is almost always the same forum, what's your point?
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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by 867-5309 on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @04:26PM (#46438202)
is such a forum always well-ranked on search engines? the point is to evade malware, obviously
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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by dannyw on Monday December 29, 2025 @11:50PM (#46429659)
I also like an empress although part of the fun comes from her rantings.
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Re:GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What ... by guizadillas on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @01:04PM (#46436085)
she really cracks me up with her rantings
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