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  • brsrklf@compuverse.ukEnglish
    65·
    1 year ago

    There only needs to be a couple people knowing how to get a rip for it to end up everywhere.

    If physical releases start disappearing everywhere, I can see piracy getting a significant boost. It will be the only way to “own” a movie and be sure you can still watch it whenever you want. Disney has been removing content from its service already, even some recent stuff.

    I know Gabe Newell’s old quote is being parroted a lot but it’s relevant : “Piracy is not a pricing issue, it’s a service issue”. Steam may be a digital market, but it doesn’t require a continued paid subscription to access stuff you’ve paid for, and it doesn’t delist games whenever it feels like it.

    • berkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      FWIW, Gabe’s argument isn’t against subscriptions. The point in that quote is that legal access to content curbs piracy. Piracy will of course always exist, but there’s also customers that are willing to pay if is convenient and accessible.

      • exu@feditown.comEnglish
        211·
        1 year ago

        Needing to subscribe to multiple different services to get everything you’d want and them constantly upping the prices is a service problem, no?

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      it doesn't delist games whenever it feels like it.

      You’re still trusting a company to have your game library available in the future. Gaben will die at some point, someone will take over for him, we don’t know what will happen with Valve in 10, 20 or 30 years…

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          Maybe someone with a better grip on work teams and projects will finally come to an end and we’ll get HL3 at last!

      • rbits@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        I mean, out of all the companies that I have boight stuff from, Valve is the one I trust the most

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Why? Unless it’s DRM free and you’ve got a copy downloaded then your shit can be wiped out whenever they feel like it and it’s not as if accounts have never been banned from the platform, cutting people from thousands of dollars worth of stuff…

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      But it can remove music from games you already purchased.

      Music licensing for games is bullshit, and physical (or a trip to the high seas) is the only way around it.