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That was the scariest term they could come up with? The romantic swashbuckling seafarer, antagonising empires and declaring his own rules? Surely they could hav
by timmb 3y ago
That was the scariest term they could come up with? The romantic swashbuckling seafarer, antagonising empires and declaring his own rules? Surely they could have done better.
'software fraud', 'software theft', 'forgery'... hmm well there's a reason I don't work in marketing obviously.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThey did those as well, and they also paid for extensive marketing material to make it seem like buying a cracked game was directly contributing to a mafia that was planning on killing your granny. Do you not remember the ads? The "you wouldn't steal a car"? Piracy is just what they were able to get. Should have hired the bank's PR managers, who turned "failing to do due diligence on a customer's identity" into the customer's problem.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoWasn’t it “You wouldn’t download a car”? Which ended up being quite funny, because I very much would download a car
- dron57 3y agoIt was "you wouldn't steal a car". People on the internet rightly corrected it to "download".
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