• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The point is that this is not going to stop with someone backing up their games. Come on now let’s be honest. The internet is full of game ROMS that are “for backup only” again, come the fuck on. I’m not against pirating, but to say this isn’t it is just silly lol

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      8 months ago

      It’s kind of condescending to assume everyone does the same thing you do. Even if it’s a majority.

      Or are you assuming that no one backs up media for the sake of backing it up? Cause that’s… pretty nearsighted.

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          8 months ago

          And? I’d say less than 1% pirate. I can throw in random unfounded metrics too. Still doesn’t change the point. Just because you don’t doesn’t mean someone else won’t. Which again isn’t even the point of the article.

          The point is someone could backup their game and sell it. The buyer being unaware it would ban their console.

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      8 months ago

      Then it should be Nintendo’s problem to come up with a business model that doesn’t infringe upon their customers’ property rights, not society’s problem to give up everybody’s rights just to enable Nintendo’s DRM-based business model!

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      8 months ago

      Then you punish the actual criminals, not everyone.

      There are plenty of us who prefer the steam deck over the switch. You can pull the encryption keys from your own console and the roms from your own games and play them there. There are numerous tutorials to do so.

      People use knives to stab people. Should we ban all knives?

      You’re being hyperbolic and narrow-minded.

      Backing up a game is legal. End of story. There’s plenty of legal precedent there already. So you’re literally arguing that the law is not the law because of your emotional feelings.

      You want to change that? Change the law. Stop being a jackass on social here tho spouting bad takes when you just don’t agree.