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[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I'm honestly fine with DRM, as long as it's removed within my definition of reasonable time. I'd say a year vor two.

Once the DRM is removed it allows for archiving and preserving the piece of media — as well as pirating copies.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 20 points 1 month ago

And then you have Capcom, who put fucking denuvo years AFTER a game's release

[–] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

hmm, what about what they say about it harming the hardware and making the game slower ?

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

That's one of the reasons I don't like buying games with Denuvo. Waiting a few years before buying games is something I usually do anyway, so at that point Denuvo DRM would've already been removed.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Considering companies can easily sell new copies of games after 2 years, I'd still be fine with a longer period of time. I want developers to make money.

I've seen a Kickstarter that would open source their game after 2 years if they raised $4.4 million or so. They didn't reach that goal, but they open sourced the previous game in the series after about 10 years.

For just removing DRM, I think somewhere between 2 and 10 years is the sweet spot. I mean, I've still got 10-year old games on my list I'd be willing to buy, haha

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not having DRM is a plus value. People with money don't actually bother to pirate.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I believe the comment I replied to changed what it said. I recall something about making it a law that DRM should be removed after a reasonable time period of 1 to 2 years.

I agree that DRM sucks. I didn't agree that it should be law to remove DRM a year or two after release.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

Hey bro, sometimes I just like to steal.