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My buddy wants to play Baldur's Gate 3 but I don't feel like paying for it.

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[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

I am surprised your calling that stealing in a piracy subreddit. Sure your right on that saying they deserve the money but calling someone who didn't wanna pay for it as stealing isn't the right way to go about it. People can absolutely pirate it and buy it later if they end up liking it and that should be encouraged. Considering the other option is them being deterred away from trying it altogether, this is a much better option. I myself have bought a ton of games only after trying out cracked as I often end up playing it for a couple days then never again even if it's good. Although nowadays I just end up buying a bunch of stuff on sale and it rests in library for a long time before I even try it out. Can't say everyone has that privilege and let people play it even if they don't wanna buy it.