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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee... (www.pandasecurity.com)
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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee...::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

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[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 121 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It was honestly really crazy to me when I was excited to see a game on sale, only to remember how I used to pirate everything. Steam has made it legitimately easier to buy games in so many cases.

I sometimes still do pirate games, especially if it's from a publisher I don't respect or the cracked version is known to run better, but I buy almost all of my games now days.

I've actually started setting up a home server for pirated movies and shows and getting rid of the couple streaming services I have.

[–] ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still Piraten EA games, just because the forced origin injection into their games on steam is so fucking annoying, especially if you're on Linux.

[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I fucking hate origin, yeah