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Study finds anti-piracy messages backfire, especially for men (phys.org)

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[–] xep@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's strange that we've put so much work into DRM and yet piracy persists. Surely by now the technology would've eliminated pirates. Almost as if...

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

...they need better DRM / more anti-piracy laws / more digital thugs to canvas the internet looking for pirates ...? /s

It's funny how quickly stupid 17 year old me back in the 80s figured out that it was all just a pointless arms race and piracy would never subside until games got affordable. I always told myself I would go legit once I could afford it and I did. That was games. Same principles apply.