Has anyone else learned this lesson the hard way? Share your "fake repack" horror story below.

Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. You’ve seen the YouTube thumbnails with the flashing arrows and the text "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Highly Compressed 100MB." I get the appeal. Your hard drive is full, your internet is slow, or you’re on a nostalgia trip with limited data.

But as someone who has been down this rabbit hole, I need to give you a reality check.