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Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance (www.tbsnews.net)
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[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

don't think it is such a pain point that it's a frequent issue to prevent further use

I don't have statistics, but:

  • I myself didn't do any research specifically on this matter, and only learned of these problems through osmosis by randomly reading various threads on Reddit's r/all

  • I installed one single game from a repack by FitGirl

  • my experience right away exactly mirrored that of which I've read previously

I don't have problems with FitGirl using this compression, in fact I find it fascinating that such an algorithm exists. However, it obviously doesn't meet standards to which a commercial publisher or storefront are held.