▲ 1241 ▼ Piracy > resellers (lemmy.ca) submitted 3 years ago by sam@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.ml 184 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fuck no. Nobody wants NFTs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml -8 points 3 years ago (1 child) I am not really all about NFTs but they are not going away... They are the perfect tool for digital capitalism. They create a kind of artificial scarcity In the case of the Gamestop policy, at least creators get paid for their work as long as its remains popular/desirable permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) How does it been an NFT stop piracy? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago Honestly, I don't think it does, but it makes re-sale of digital media possible. Right now you can't return a crappy game to the shop where you bought it. If you want a refund through Steam or something, there's a limited time. If. you accidentally buy the wrong version of a game, it's a lot of hassle. If you get tired of the game, or just don't really like it, it's basically stuck in your library forever Attaching the files to NFTs will make these things possible and even easy. You probably won't even know you're interacting with NFT technology permalink fedilink source parent
[+] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml -8 points 3 years ago (1 child) I am not really all about NFTs but they are not going away... They are the perfect tool for digital capitalism. They create a kind of artificial scarcity In the case of the Gamestop policy, at least creators get paid for their work as long as its remains popular/desirable permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) How does it been an NFT stop piracy? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago Honestly, I don't think it does, but it makes re-sale of digital media possible. Right now you can't return a crappy game to the shop where you bought it. If you want a refund through Steam or something, there's a limited time. If. you accidentally buy the wrong version of a game, it's a lot of hassle. If you get tired of the game, or just don't really like it, it's basically stuck in your library forever Attaching the files to NFTs will make these things possible and even easy. You probably won't even know you're interacting with NFT technology permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) How does it been an NFT stop piracy? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago Honestly, I don't think it does, but it makes re-sale of digital media possible. Right now you can't return a crappy game to the shop where you bought it. If you want a refund through Steam or something, there's a limited time. If. you accidentally buy the wrong version of a game, it's a lot of hassle. If you get tired of the game, or just don't really like it, it's basically stuck in your library forever Attaching the files to NFTs will make these things possible and even easy. You probably won't even know you're interacting with NFT technology permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago Honestly, I don't think it does, but it makes re-sale of digital media possible. Right now you can't return a crappy game to the shop where you bought it. If you want a refund through Steam or something, there's a limited time. If. you accidentally buy the wrong version of a game, it's a lot of hassle. If you get tired of the game, or just don't really like it, it's basically stuck in your library forever Attaching the files to NFTs will make these things possible and even easy. You probably won't even know you're interacting with NFT technology permalink fedilink source parent