dcow

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by dcow 10d ago
So we agree that Valve, Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft all operate platforms that support DRM. Wonderful! I'm not interesting in bickering over who's DRM is the easiest to remove XD In the US it's not piracy to make archival b
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by dcow 12d ago
And what people also don't realize is that you can run a non-compliant AP. I am 99% certain the legal framework places the responsibility on the clients and the APs (or at least the absence of a consistent one biases towards a conserva
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by dcow 12d ago
> Obviously the general populous won't care about this, but it is something we should be striving for Hence idealistic
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by dcow 12d ago
Let's put the actual numbers in front of people: 1,924 out of 43,179 games, or 4.4%, as of today (according to PCGamingWiki) are DRM free. The vast majority check whether you've purchased the game at runtime. If you stick to only
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by dcow 13d ago
While you are mostly accurate in your definition, I’d argue we have discovered that intelligence is emergent/empirical not analytical. There is not a substrate we have yet to discern. Intelligence does not have to approach humanity to
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by dcow 13d ago
You can’t back up your games on one PC and use them on another without constant permission from Value either. It’s the same and that is all I’m trying to point out. DRM is a red herring, the real problem is the phone home always online bull
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by dcow 13d ago
If as a society we want to create an information age bill of rights and (1) protect hardware ownership and right to root (without exploits), (2) require platform marketplace neutrality, and (3) require digital intellectual property be dis
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by dcow 13d ago
Same and even more so with a car.
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by dcow 13d ago
> Disabling DRM is required for basic archiving if the issue is someone else having the ability to decide the thing you bought will self-destruct. Don't move the goalposts. The only thing I am conceding is that conceptually it still
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by dcow 13d ago
Oh I agree. It was a rhetorical example. Sony can add a signature to a list and your game stops launching even if it's a physical disk is the point. We should fight back legally and prevent publishers from trampling on the rights of in
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by dcow 13d ago
> A Sony exclusive and any other game are not two kinds of anything. Are they not two kinds of games? I'm arguing that your comparison isn't the right one. A BMW and a Volkswagen are two types of apples. They both let you drive
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by dcow 13d ago
Sony doesn't DRM the power that you use to run the Playstation either. But to try and meet the comparison: there are different manufacturers of fuel just like there are different publishers of games and while Volkswagen can't forc
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by dcow 13d ago
Apples and oranges. If you goal is to simply play games, well then there's plenty of hardware out there for you to use. If you want to play Sony exclusives then you have to use their hardware. If I want to get from point A to point B t
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by dcow 13d ago
Probably the same place you can buy an aftermarket CAN board and controller for your Volkswagen. Oh, looks like cars and consoles aren't that different after all.
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by dcow 13d ago
You can't get the Volkswagen engine sound or drive experience in a BMW, though.
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by dcow 13d ago
Not really. I can plug a generic usb cable into my Playstation and it charges my aftermarket controller just fine. I can even use aftermarket screws or put the console in an aftermarket enclosure.
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by dcow 13d ago
By inserting storage media into the removable/external media port and copying or moving the files.
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by dcow 13d ago
Woah, we're not talking about cracking your games. I think every console from at least the last two generations has supported copying game files to external/removable media.
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by dcow 13d ago
I think you're under-appreciating the importance. It's not just pedantry. This has been true since EULAs have existed. And it's kinda insane that people think owning a disk gives them ownership of the intellectual property co
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by dcow 13d ago
Nobody is arguing the risk values are exactly the same. The argument is that the risk posture is the same. You're taking a pretty rigid stance that the only thing that matters is risk value, which is an individual value judgement and
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by dcow 13d ago
We are in the most emotionally driven period of human history to date where reasoning takes a back seat. It's super frustrating but once you realize this instance isn't a one off you can start to focus on the bigger picture. I&#x2
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by dcow 13d ago
Yeah, right XD
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by dcow 13d ago
Yes, you do. When you play a digital game on Playstation you also download the files... It may be harder like you say but the law doesn't really see it any differently PC vs Console if you want to archive/backup your digital game
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by dcow 14d ago
Based on the initial response, it does not , in fact, seem like this is the conclusion.
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by dcow 20d ago
No. At the same time I do believe it’s a huge problem when even a small number come here fraudulently and abuse the welfare systems we have to unduly enrich themselves at the expense of American taxpayers.
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by dcow 20d ago
A judge vacated the previous “more humane” way the state department was doing this (targeted pause on specific problem countries) so this is reactionary. Not including that in the calculation feels disingenuous.
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by dcow 20d ago
> the expectation is that you'll need to become self-sufficient very quickly because the financial support diminishes rapidly The US has this same expectation. It’s the long and short of what this reaction of pausing visas is about:
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by dcow 20d ago
No I am talking about why a specific pause on 75 countries turned into this global pause that we all find concerning. You seem to have a wishful view of humanity as some post border utopia but that’s not how our or anybody’s laws work. If y
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by dcow 20d ago
Are you talking about general immigration or asylum? If general, what country do you live in? I’m going to plan an extended visit.
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by dcow 20d ago
I agree with the spirit of your comment. But what often gets overlooked is that we do have a pathway to permanent residency and naturalization. It involves demonstrating that you are willing and able to be a citizen, not just do labor. The

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