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   Sally (sally@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 05:01:31 JST Sally

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   @Suiseiseki my friends keep telling me I should install proprietary Winblows 10 to play proprietary Baldur's Gate 3 (DRM free) with them. What should I do?
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 05:01:30 JST 翠星石

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     @sally Tell them to play one of the many free software games with you instead.
     
     Just because a game lacks one of the typical anti-features doesn't make it not malware.
     
     If you still insist on running it, there is no reason to install windows 10 - as WINE+DVXK+esync should run it, although you may want to run such within a GNU/Linux VM, rather than giving it access to your /home directory.
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     Sally (sally@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 05:09:12 JST Sally

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     @Suiseiseki
     
     I'm never gonna waste a single second dealing with the convoluted mess that is Wine+Lutris+Whatever other Python crap, plus I'd also still need a VPN to play with them through inet. I'm conflicted on whether I should install Winblows 10 in a spare SSD or not play at all.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 05:09:12 JST 翠星石

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     @sally Then you shouldn't waste a single second playing proprietary games.
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     Sally (sally@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 05:14:15 JST Sally

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     @Suiseiseki
     
     Fair, but trolling Discord cattle in online proprietary games is my weakness.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 05:14:15 JST 翠星石

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     @sally That arguably makes you just as much of the cattle as them.