If I Had A Nickel For Every Time This Has Happened...

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If I Had A Nickel For Every Time This Has Happened...

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The AUDACITY! There you are, innocently browsing Steam sales, heart racing at 60% off your wishlist game, only to discover it's infected with the digital plague known as Denuvo! 💀

For the uninitiated, Denuvo Anti-tamper is basically the helicopter parent of DRM - it hovers over your game, consuming resources, slowing performance, and treating you like a criminal while you're just trying to have fun. The absolute BETRAYAL when that notification appears is soul-crushing!

That shocked cat face perfectly captures the moment your gaming dreams shatter into a million pieces. We've all been there - wallet open, dreams high, and then BOOM - Denuvo ruins everything faster than a semicolon error in JavaScript.

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