• Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    I’m honestly fine with DRM, as long as it’s removed within my definition of reasonable time. I’d say a year vor two.

    Once the DRM is removed it allows for archiving and preserving the piece of media — as well as pirating copies.

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        3 months ago

        That’s one of the reasons I don’t like buying games with Denuvo. Waiting a few years before buying games is something I usually do anyway, so at that point Denuvo DRM would’ve already been removed.

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      3 months ago

      Considering companies can easily sell new copies of games after 2 years, I’d still be fine with a longer period of time. I want developers to make money.

      I’ve seen a Kickstarter that would open source their game after 2 years if they raised $4.4 million or so. They didn’t reach that goal, but they open sourced the previous game in the series after about 10 years.

      For just removing DRM, I think somewhere between 2 and 10 years is the sweet spot. I mean, I’ve still got 10-year old games on my list I’d be willing to buy, haha

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          3 months ago

          I believe the comment I replied to changed what it said. I recall something about making it a law that DRM should be removed after a reasonable time period of 1 to 2 years.

          I agree that DRM sucks. I didn’t agree that it should be law to remove DRM a year or two after release.