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ELI5 Repacks? (e.g. FitGirl) (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by another_kbin_addict@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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It’s not that I don’t trust, but I want to understand. What is actually happening and how do these Repack thingies work?

And why are they called that 😂

Thanks in advance.

Edit: thanks so much for the replies all, I think I got it! :)

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[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Sorta this but more so the crackers release essentially a bunch of files and folders that runs the game, someone like fitgirl can take a bunch of the files and rrpack them in a smaller, compressed format. This quickly became popular for people with bad connection, as download size is small; and also for archivalists, who don't need to install/unpack the game, just want to keep it as efficiently as possible