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[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There’s not a lot of brave souls doing this as a passionate hobby any longer. Now it’s for the clout, to inject malware, or to receive monetary donations. Or all three!

I hope I am wrong, and we can get back to the passionate hobby, but it’s looking kinda grim from my point of view.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

its always been for the clout in the scene. but ive been pirating shit for a couple of decades now, no malware so far.

[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you have been doing it for a decade, then surely you’ve noticed the drop in active crackers…?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

you can still pirate games without getting malware, even if a little late.

[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah. Piracy is alive-and-well. You can even acquire and play PS5 games right now if you wanted to.