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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago

Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance

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Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago

Ask almost any PC gamer from Asia to South America, and they will tell you the same thing: FitGirl is the one name in piracy that everyone recognises

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The fitgirl unpacker and installer? Tbh I never tried, everyone on the web simply said it didn’t work.
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  Everything. Installer then the game. I switch install path also so I can find the damn game after it is installed. Not doing this is… Complicated.

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