• LucidNightmare@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    There’s not a lot of brave souls doing this as a passionate hobby any longer. Now it’s for the clout, to inject malware, or to receive monetary donations. Or all three!

    I hope I am wrong, and we can get back to the passionate hobby, but it’s looking kinda grim from my point of view.

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      2 months ago

      its always been for the clout in the scene. but ive been pirating shit for a couple of decades now, no malware so far.

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        2 months ago

        If you have been doing it for a decade, then surely you’ve noticed the drop in active crackers…?

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          2 months ago

          you can still pirate games without getting malware, even if a little late.

      • trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        Yeah. Piracy is alive-and-well. You can even acquire and play PS5 games right now if you wanted to.