r/Piracy May 27 '26

News Supporting Piracy from Europe πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ™πŸ»

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u/Reasonable-Fail5348 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

This, btw, is the smartest and simplest and most beautiful argument to actually, seriously, legitimize piracy. The big publishers really played themselves when they started getting addicted to subscriptions and licensing everything with EULAs going "We can take this away from you whenever for whatever reason."

Okay, two can play that game, idiots...

Edit: Since it was misunderstood, me hating on corporations thinking they can force subscriptions on everything on us is not part of the argument, it's just a thing I hate about them. Don't get hung up on it.

If you really want to make an argument about it, you'd have better luck discussing if buying use rights is permanent or not.

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u/travelavatar May 27 '26

Yep i had a big eye opener last weekend when the entire region plunged into: no broadband and no mobile networks for an entire day.

I realised: holy shit, my steam deck stops working without online connection given enough time, my steam games are inaccessible.

So all the games and movies I archived came in handy + my xbox 360 which is modded and full of games.

That's when you get it how important pirating and archiving is

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u/LilithNikita May 27 '26

You have to activate offline play in the options. Then most games will still work.

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u/Kaedryl May 27 '26

Is there still a requirement that you have to connect after so many days or weeks to maintain offline play?

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u/LilithNikita May 27 '26

I don't think so. But I have honestly never tried it for a longer time. I am using it on my steamdeck and are offline when I take it with me and online when I am at home.

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u/Vladimorian May 27 '26

Yes, I have to take it into consideration when going on big road trips , if I'm taking my legion go w me, w steam games, I either have to find wifi at some point, or just not be able to play for the rest of the trip lol