I find it funny that they specifically refer to the past year for a large increase in piracy. Remind me when it was that companies started consistently charging even more for the base package of their games...
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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Or when they popularized the concept of "base" and "complete" editions as a means of turning a $60 game into a $90 game.
*$70 game
*$120 complete
Don't forget the $40 season pass!
Make sure to preorder to get an exclusive™ cosmetic item that'll be resold as $5 DLC soon after.
Me: I'll just wait half a year for the price to drop.
Nintendo: 🖕
In retrospect I regret drinking the Nintendo koolaid for so long, but turning what used to be the fairly equitable Virtual Console system into a ROM rental service made me jump ship to the Steam Deck and it's been smooth sailing since.
This is precisely why I've always waited for the GOTY version to release (or whatever other subtitle they slap on the box) but through all of their BS I find I'm less and less willing to part with my money. Certain companies have become a no-fly zone for me and that list is only growing longer.
Were the hackers before not highly skilled? Moderately skilled hackers, perhaps?
Without reading the article, I'm going to guess that crackers have gotten more skilled and the greedy as fuck leeches destroying what is still one of the most profitable industries in the world are especially freaking out about there being others than just a single megalomaniac cracking Denuvo now.
Tbh I’m fine with hackers wrecking the stupid micro transaction companies.
Oh absolutely! Tge likes of Zynga are a plague on mankind and developers of games with actual merit (no thanks to said developers) following their example is hugely detrimental to the quality and accessibility of games in general.
Well public relations 101 is that you refer to anyone who breaches your security as “highly skilled “
I worked at one of the majors pre-Microsoft acquisition. “Highly skilled” is actually a relative comparison to the security teams at gaming companies, not an industry benchmark comparison. The bar for highly skilled plummets once you include things like social platforms, launchers, and telemetry.
A highly skilled hacker guessed that our admin password was "admin2019“
My local government mastered this secret technique.
Wasn't the guy who hacked Rockstar a kid?
Once qbittorrent has stable I2P support, then blocking sites like megaup and 1fichier will be completely useless. People will just download I2P and qbittorent, find a tracker on the darknet, and start downloading.
Wouldn't surprise me if we were to see the rise of emule,DC++, and similar stuff over I2P.
ELI5?
I2P, the invisible internet protocol allows for anonymous torrenting (getting movies, games, etc. without paying). It's fairly old and robust, but lacks actual people using it. Now a program that many people already use has included the option to use this.
This alone may increase the usage of this system, and make it more useful.
I wish it would be as easy to install as typing apt-get install i2pd and just answer a few questions. (Or even better, have it as advised package off qbittorrent)
I'll look into the script to see what it's doing before trying an install, but most users either blindly run the command or won't bother.
I mean, this is the first implementation in qbittorrent.
Imagine if at some points it ships a complete implementation by default, and everyone using qbittorrent could be reached via i2p. We're not there, and not terribly close, but implementing i2p was an important step to get there.
I'm currently using qBittorrent in "mixed mode" (clearnet + i2p), and honestly it's amazing, even though there's no current DHT implementation for i2p. Sure, you have to configure your client to automatically add the i2p trackers and everything, but it's a huge step forward IMO.
I've also tested how one could "transfer" clearnet torrents to i2p and it went pretty well, even though you have to modify the original .torrent file to be accepted in some i2p trackers (I used postman tracker to test it, and they only accept torrents which all announce URLs are within i2p).
In general, I've found qBittorrent's implementation pretty stable and suitable for day-to-day use, even though it lacks some features.
It is nearly that easy. You follow the instructions given https://geti2p.net/en/download/debian and have I2P running.
The steps are:
- install PPA (not uncommon OBS has the same installation method)
- apt-get install i2p i2p-keyring
- start i2p
sudo dpkg-reconfigure i2p - Open http://127.0.0.1:7657/ to configure i2p (optional)
I miss DC++
I'm confused, normally threats happen before the thing it's threatening... Have I been imagining piracy all these years?
The number of active Denuvo crackers would say otherwise...
They forgot to flag the 1000s of script kiddies with access to the internet.
I think they misheard them and they said "amazing piracy threat".
Emerging?
Well, thanks for all the resources!!!! So many links....