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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago

This is literally the genesis of GOG.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

True, but GOG doesn't have everything 🤷

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

You misunderstood. I meant that piracy is literally how many of games were saved. GOG started because some guys stockpiled pirated copies of games, then cracked and/or reversed engineered them to work on modern PCs. Eventually, they got the rights to sell some legally and GOG.com was born.

My point was that piracy isn't always bad because companies have no incentive to preserve their products after they've stopped selling. (See vintage ROMs)

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

GOG started because some guys stockpiled pirated copies of games, then cracked and/or reversed engineered them to work on modern PCs. Eventually, they got the rights to sell some legally and GOG.com was born.

Nice! Didn't know that!

My point was that piracy isn't always bad because companies have no incentive to preserve their products after they've stopped selling. (See vintage ROMs)

True.

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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