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The real problem with piracy: Too much choice! (quokk.au)
submitted 2 days ago by AloneDownUnder@quokk.au to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I think overall that piracy is good.

It returns control over media, instead of being bound to specific platforms or stores.
It allows you to test things on your hardware, before committing to a purchase.
It makes it possible to recover old media that you physically lost.
It makes your media portable, able to copy it to a new device or hardware without being locked out.
It makes things sharable, able to give a copy to a friend to have them try it out.

But one thing I find difficult is just the sheer amount of things that exist nowadays.
I don't know how you guys manage it, but I have more media on just my laptop (external drives and such excluded) than I could really enjoy in my lifetime. How to even make choice of what to watch, play, read, next?

I know, very much a first-world problem. But still, it boggles my mind.

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[–] dmir@gehirneimer.de 3 points 2 days ago

If you can't make the decision for yourself, especially such a inconsequential one, probably just rolle the dice or something. It can even be fun when you define multiple criteria and roll of each, ending up doing something that you already might have anyway, because it's in your pool, but there's still kind of discovery here, like you stumble upon something from your own collection.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True. Enough movies have been made, enough books written. There's no need for more. Stop creating stuff, everyone — unless you really need to, in which case you might be an artist or a writer.

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[–] D06M4@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I usually browse sites like MobyGames in search of games made by some of my favorite devs (as in people, not studios or publishers). Keeping track of their work and discovering new talent is what works for me, and I always end up buying whatever I truly wish to keep even if I make a patched backup of the games' files anyway in case it wasn't DRM free.

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[–] Wireless_Dirk@ani.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

luxury problem. download everything let God sort it out

[–] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

God, I have come to you in this time of dire need, can you please suggest me what game to play next? It's urgent!

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