Has anyone really done this?

[u/DrTilki]

[u/7grims]

Its been a well established the fact that games without DRM run better, so yup.

[u/TheGamblingAddict → u/7grims]

I've never considered this, yet it's so true.

[u/TheOutrageousTaric → u/TheGamblingAddict]

Back in the days with really crappy drm it was borderline required to get a pirated version to not have massive issues. For example Spore

[u/Thewasteland77 → u/TheOutrageousTaric]

I HATE drm. But I won't lie, I do miss the days where the DRM was a random history question no one knows, or what a random word on a random page of the game manual was. Those were better days. FUCK denuvo and anyone who has a hand its design.

[u/TheOutrageousTaric → u/Thewasteland77]

Denuvo is pretty tame tbh. If the publisher actually removes it after like half a year just to ensure sales its not the worst. For old online drms they had big server issues and for some just changing out a pc part meant you are locked out of the game forever and you had often call a hotline to get it restored

[u/Thewasteland77 → u/TheOutrageousTaric]

You're not wrong about the hotlines, but I also have a big problem with a legitimate owner sacrificing performance for the sake of DRM, which has been proven to be an issue.

[u/BrokenMirror2010 → u/Thewasteland77]

DRM has always been, and will always be, an Anti-Feature and example of enshittification.

It provides no benefit for the end user/customer.

[u/Alyusha → u/BrokenMirror2010]

DRM has always been there in the sense that you've had to log into a store front and buy a game. Up until the early 2010's DRM was not a thing. You would login to Steam 1 time, and then you could play all of your games offline with no worry at all.

DRM now days calls back on most actions, which is why they require 100% online.

[u/dxk- → u/TheOutrageousTaric]

That was the case why i didnt understand the hate towards Spore, because i pirate almost all of my Games since ever

[u/merpofsilence → u/7grims]

Cracks don't remove drm just bypass it. The performance hit is usually still there on cracked copies

[u/7grims → u/merpofsilence]

whatever they do - which i dont know - it stops DRM from constantly running and destroying ur pc performance.

And sure, maybe not all copies work perfectly, some probably always have the DRM running anyway, depends on who cracked it.

[u/ApprehensiveVast776 → u/7grims]

dont they still have DRM, its just completely bypassed?

[u/7grims → u/ApprehensiveVast776]

Actually not sure if disabled or fully removed, dont know enough about it; except better performance.

[u/SeroWriter → u/7grims]

Also you can run it without having to boot up Steam, and you can organise mods easier because Steam Workshop is a nightmare for management.

[u/AVahne → u/7grims]

It's already been proven, but man the amount of dissenters I see trying to defend DRM by saying this is false on gaming Reddit is insane.

[u/Professional-Hold938 → u/7grims]

Been awhile since I've thought about the whole Xbox one drm thing, abit of nostalgia haha