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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the tracking of pirated copies is even more fucked up. is that their way of imposing that "piracy = stealing"?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It’s because they literally don’t know how to differentiate a download from legit and illegitimate. They’re going to track every time their bundler is downloaded and bill the developer for it, that would include pirated copies and legit copies alike.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The swashbuckler's solution is then to make your own bundler installer!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's assuming pirates would go through the trouble of removing said functionality. Pirates hate trackers, so they might do it, but not necessarily, as often the priority is just to get the game working.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Because a cracker could remove the DRM but not whatever is tracking installs