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Game development is a risky and often thankless undertaking as it is, that the developers sought profit in the face of widespread IP theft is neither immoral no
by dleslie 7y ago
Game development is a risky and often thankless undertaking as it is, that the developers sought profit in the face of widespread IP theft is neither immoral nor unsurprising.
- monster99 7y agoIt is when they are stealing the game files and code using public internet infrastructure, aka selling you incomplete software.
- dleslie 7y agoIt is not theft to not consent to sell a particular sort of product, and instead to sell another. Software as a service is not theft.
- a1369209993 7y ago> stealing the game files The correct term is "fraud". Just because copyright trolls misuse words that way doesn't mean we should sink to their level.
- Crinus 7y ago> often thankless undertaking Why would i "thank" someone that puts unnecessary restrictions on how i can use the program i paid them money for? > neither immoral I see it as very immoral to deny me access and control to the software i paid for, especially when that happens because the developer treating me in a guilty-by-default way for something they have no idea if i'll do or not.
- dleslie 7y agoYou paid for access to a client and limited term access to the services it requires. If that's not acceptable to you then _do not purchase it_. It's a game. No one is forcing you to play it.
- Dylan16807 7y ago> If that's not acceptable to you then _do not purchase it_. > No one is forcing you to play it. That has nothing to do with whether the product is moral.
- uhhhhhhh 7y ago>Why would i "thank" someone that puts unnecessary restrictions on how i can use the program i paid them money for? You could thank them for writing the program for you in the first place, if they didn't then you'd have to do it yourself.