@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoUbisoft is stripping people's licences for The Crew weeks after its shutdown, nearly squandering hopes of fan servers and acting as a stark reminder of how volatile digital ownership iswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]games[email protected]
arrow-up1434arrow-down1external-linkUbisoft is stripping people's licences for The Crew weeks after its shutdown, nearly squandering hopes of fan servers and acting as a stark reminder of how volatile digital ownership iswww.pcgamer.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square53fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]games[email protected]
minus-square@jyoskykidlink1•2 months agoIt is general knowledge that these companies do this. FSF has campaigned a lot against DRM, under the name Defective by Design. When someone makes a contract with the devil and complains when it affects them, pointing it out is not victim blaming.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoI don’t think it was very well-known in 2014. Besides, “everyone should know that this is a scam” isn’t a reason to make scams legal.
It is general knowledge that these companies do this. FSF has campaigned a lot against DRM, under the name Defective by Design.
When someone makes a contract with the devil and complains when it affects them, pointing it out is not victim blaming.
I don’t think it was very well-known in 2014. Besides, “everyone should know that this is a scam” isn’t a reason to make scams legal.