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		umanwizard on Jan 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days... It doesn’t stop piracy, but it decreases it by making it much more difficult and higher-friction. Claiming DRM does nothing is a bit like anti-vaxers claiming the Covid vaccine “doesn’t work” because the virus can still spread…

lanfeust6 on Jan 18, 2022 [–]

It doesn't do that either. Once a copy is out there, it's out there - there's no "scarcity" just because creating a pirated copy takes work. Only few individuals need go through the trouble.

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