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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[-] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks. So would an appropriate anaolgy be that of a video game software developer vs a publisher, eg publisher takes care of all of the public fronting, advertising, being the 'name' etc etc while the devs (crackers) are the ones doing the actual work on the product?

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