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Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance (www.tbsnews.net)
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[-] eah@programming.dev 17 points 1 week ago

It's a catch 22. If everyone uses it, game companies get it shut down, and then it doesn't exist, and then nobody uses it. The only existing methods of piracy are little known. That you've never heard of it is expected.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I was so upset when the vault got dmca'd

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