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@snow IMHO #piracy should only be considered "#theft" [with damages being limited to the cost of properly licensing it!] if the pirated material was still offered for licensing new under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

In the past, #EA did offer to replace broken discs / cartridges for a nominal fee [AFAIK €10 per disc or €15 for double-discs] if people mailed in the original (broken) media. I'd say that is should apply to everything, tho granted that only allows people in theory to deal with #DiscRot (assuming the publisher is able and willing to perpetually honour this service), not allowing them to legally attain new licenses.

#Valve & #Steam legally workaround this by merely providing access and not a #license per-se.

  • Still, I think #piracy in almost all cases is (as GabeN correctly said:) "A services problem!" and if a product is fairly priced and then people will be willing to pay for it.

I just think that the rampant Enshittification of even #PhysicalMedia is unsustainable and I wish for an #OpenSource #competitor to #BDXL and it's #OnlineDRM!

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@sodiboo @tauon @puppygirlhornypost2 @silly

Worse is even the #Tablet market: #Android #Tablets may be plentyful if you just go sheer listings, but in terms of #MarketShare they are negigible in "the global north" and thus not interesting for #developers to even bother adapting or testing for unless they themselves are #GAFAMs.

  • It's really fucking sad when @thunderbird is one of the few #Apps that I know that properly use Android Tablets' screen estate at all. Allegedly #Microsoft's own Apps do so as well but I myself have no #AndroidTablet and can't bring myself over the gag reflex trying to sideload #OneNote or any other App and having to deal with yet another shitty account...

Whereas on #iPadOS you get AA+ and #IndieGames worth their money by a long shot.

  • Don't even get #developers like @fuchsiii started on how piss-poor premium Apps on #Android sell and how that Tablet segment is essentially dead outside of markets where people can buy a house and a years' worth of necessities for the price of a single #iPad...

And that's why there are only #PayToLoose / #P2L aka. "#PayToWin" / #P2W games for #Android as #piracy is rampant and statistically noone is willing to pay for a #OneTimePurchase #Game on that platform.

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@CenTdemeern1 +9001%

OFC they gonna axe #Windows & #MicrosoftOffice anyway in favour of #subscription-only #Saas like #XboxGamePass, #Office365 / #Microsoft365 & #Azure because that's where the real margins are, not with #OneTimePurchase products!

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@getimiskon Lets just say, I hope #Gimp3 gets more than a move to #GTK3 but a complete overhaul in #UI & #UX...

They just work out of the box.

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@puppygirlhornypost2 @navi Precisely!

Because selling people #OneTimePurchase #Software isn't as profitable as #Subcriptions!

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@anthropy the problem is less of a technical possibility but that it would taint the setup with unlicensed (or rather violating the EULA of Windows) parts, thus making it not feasible...

I think it'll only stall the inevitable: #Microsoft cancelling #OneTimePurchase #Sotware in favour of more profitable #Cloud & #SaaS-offerings...

atomicpoet.orgChris Trottier (@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)Here’s my final point about how wide the gap is between the PC and PS5’s gaming library.Let’s say I wanted to play my old PS2 game discs on my PC. Can I do that? Well, yes, I actually can – and it’...

If anyone wounders why #MobileGaming is fucked for over a decade now to the point that there seems to be only #PayToLoose #Shovelware getting pissed out and advertised, then I'd recommend you to watch this summary and realize that EVERY BIG GAMING COMPANY wants to "go whaling" and "#PayToWin" is just an easy way to maximize #profit, minimize #effort and have a big #cashout.

So that's why you find less and less #OneTimePurchase #MobileGames at all, because #capitalism and #greed lead to #Enshittification!