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why does this trash still exist? Haven't we learned anything from starforce, securom and all the other DRMs? Also don't companies understand that most people who pirate these days either do it or rather not play the game at all? Personally, I blacklisted all denuvo games long time ago and don't own any.

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The time-to-crack varies depending on the game. Cracks for popular games such as Dying Light 2 and Far Cry 6 were released months after the games were initially released. Less popular games such as Burnout Paradise Remastered have yet to be cracked.

So this anti-consumer garbage is likely calculated, by the publisher, to be worth paying for Denuvo even if it eventually gets cracked.

The problem is that the people most affected by this sort of software (the gamers) are not the customers of the company that makes it; the game publishers are. So Denuvo just needs to pitch the idea that their product will increase sales, which is certainly something publishers already want to hear.

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