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alessandro@lemmy.ca to 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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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago
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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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    Folks here are like “everyone uses it. Eventually all gamers realize it’s better”

    Me, having never even heard of this in my 30 years of gaming: 🫣

    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      I mean, do you pirate games? If you’ve never gone to a torrent site in your life it’s not surprising, but FitGirl’s repacks are so numerous that it’s hard not to notice them if you do pirate.

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        I am so wary of downloading them though, exe files are scary for fools like me

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        I used to torrent frequently, but rarely software.
        Since I graduated and started making adult money I haven’t really at all. When I want to vote with my wallet, I just don’t play it at all (usually these are live service games anyways).

        Although I’m going to start torrenting music and video again on principle.

        • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          vote with my wallet

          Lol

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            Yeah, I know, it doesn’t actually work, because capitalism is a joke. But you get the idea, I think

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      Same. I had no idea what the title meant at all. Interesting though.

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      https://fitgirl-repacks.site/

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        Yaaarggh! Fuck you auto mod, I’m trying to be helpful. >:(

        • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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          Just FYI: Links to such sites are a liability for the instance operators.

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            Come sail the seas at dbzero where we dont give a fuck

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              Ahh man that makes so much more sense than deebeezer zero, sometimes I’m slow

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                Stands for ‘divide by zero’ as far as I know, if that helps

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            Wouldn’t they at most have to comply with a DMCA takedown request within a reasonable amount of time? At least that seems to be what major platforms do. Not actually sure what happens for smaller platforms and many lemmy instances are hosted and owned outside the US too.

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