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this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2025
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I do have the feel that gaming piracy is on a all time low. At the moment there isn't even a single active denuvo cracker while there used to be like 3-4. Probably because stores like steam and gog, which are consumer friendly with fair prices for most products and not linked with stupid subscriptions.
On the other hand movie and shows piracy is rising for the anti-consumer platforms, who can pay $200 a month for seeing all decent shows and movies without ads? Very few people, and even then you own nothing.
I have a feel that music piracy will rise soon too. As Spotify already have started the anti consumer route. I'm pretty sure in a few years it's subscription won't be as worth it as it used to be, and a lot of people will find out that they have been paying for years and still own nothing.
How exactly is Steam consumer friendly? Or is the bar so low that companies that don't shoot themselves in their feet by mistake because they were actually aiming for the customer are considered "consumer friendly"?
The bar is, indeed, very low. By comparison I don't feel as predated as in other shops.
gog is more consumer friendly but steam is pretty good too compared to the alternatives.
GOG doesn't do regional pricing and only supports a handful of currencies. So Steam is much more consumer friendly for any of us living in countries with "weak" currencies.
well, til! :(
The fact that you can add any game to Steam is pretty consumer-friendly, I think.
Doesn't even need to be a game
True, "add any software." It's just most beneficial for games.
Fair enough... I guess I was thinking emulators
Oh, I see. I consider those games as well, since you're not going to install one without any games included. It's also possible to make a shortcut so a single game boots up in an emulator.