I’ve always bought my games on steam or OFFICIAL key resellers (GMG) since I was an adult, but sometimes it has got really expensive.

Do you consider ‘cracked games’ safe for your PC, your data, and finally your privacy?

You should always support developers, but it’s not always possible.

  • liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Running any binary that you can’t examine the source of (and confirm it was built from it without modification) is risky. It’s mostly a balance of trust and risk. Even developers have been known to insert what we could malware.

    That said, if you get your cracked content from a trusted source, I’d say it’s generally safe. Otherwise, exercise extreme caution.

    Is GMG an official reseller? Maybe I am out of the loop, but I thought they operated in the grey market.

    • FPSXpert@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      GreenManGaming is a legitimate reseller, in a similar fashion to humble bundle or similar sellers.

      I also do not like them because their keys if you are buying on sale for a new launch, their keys are usually UK based as they are UK based and they will not let you play on sooner launch dates, as I learned with Mirrors Edge Catalyst’s release when I wanted to play on day 1 and should have bought direct through origin, but instead now I had to wait a week, and they did not offer a refund policy.

      So instead I bought the game again on origin and gave away the other key as a free giveaway to spite them 😂