• Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    2·
    44 分钟前

    I thought Libation merely broke the TOS, not violated the law (UK). Doesn’t matter, I’m on a different vendor now.

  • TriflingToadEnglish
    10·
    5 小时前

    even IF you buy DRM free items it can still be taken away.
    Source: “Sick Boi” by Ren on BandCamp got taken out of my library, should be in the #2 spot

    bandcamp (DRM free)

    Spotify (not DRM free)

    I understand it is a copyright thing (even though the artist did literally nothing wrong) but still! It fits the flowchart in the meme.

    • EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      5·
      1 小时前

      That sucks and all, but to be fair this is entirely on you. They sold you a DRM-Free file and you chose to not actually use it and to rely on their servers which you have no control over. This isn’t a “DRM Free” issue.

      Personal ownership means you take personal responsibility for it.

      • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
        1·
        17 分钟前

        Every day that passes I think more and more that I should have a local backup copy of my whole GOG games collection.

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      4·
      2 小时前

      If you buy something DRM free, you must keep an offline copy. They can take away the option to download it, but they can’t prevent you from playing the copy you already downloaded.

    • dubious_savior@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      5 小时前

      On Bandcamp you could have downloaded the files, the song could still be playable and you would still own it. DRM-free just allows you to download stuff so that if anything changes in the future you still have the original available, anything hosted can be changed at any time in order to stay out of trouble as a site owner. It still sucks that this is happening though

    • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.socialEnglish
      28·
      9 小时前

      Of course it’s real. This is maybe one of the least shocking beliefs from a webcomic like xkcd ever. Like 1/5 of all the comics are about hacker culture or Linux.

      • Fonzie!@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        11·
        8 小时前

        Okay but programing or Unix jokes are whole different cake than openly admitting piracy unless you’re Meta.

  • 🅃🅾🅆🅴🄻🅸🄴@lemm.eeEnglish
    37·
    12 小时前

    I will never forgive Microsoft for just straight up deleting everyone’s (mine) MineCraft purchases and accounts, and then having the gall to tell us to buy it again. It’s still in my Microsoft Store purchase history, for Christ’s sake.

    I’d sooner buy Skyrim 4 more times than buy back what was stolen from me.

    • Probius@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      5 小时前

      It should be illegal to revoke or modify people’s purchases. All games should be able to be kept and played using the version you bought it at except maybe MMOs due to technical reasons. Forced updates and DRM need to be outlawed.

    • Glide@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      7 小时前

      I literally had to look this up just now. Such a high profile game did such a huge thing and somehow I am just now hearing about it? Insane, tbh.

      I chose to pirate Minecraft back when Notch was charging $20 CAD for a game in which the health bar didn’t work, and I’ve been nothing but validated by every decision around the game since.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    622·
    14 小时前

    Bandcamp, even though it’s ownership is questionable at this point, still has Bandcamp Fridays where the artist gets 100% of the sale, and they let you download DRM-free high quality FLAC files.

    This is for all those who don’t like this, and want to demand DRM-free files.

  • WolfLinkEnglish
    212·
    12 小时前

    iTunes sells drm-free music downloads. The still do, if you go to the iTunes Store and not the Apple Music streaming surface.

    There are better options out there though, like BandCamp.

    • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.socialEnglish
      11·
      9 小时前

      Bandcamp only works if the band originated there. Most labels don’t sell anything through bandcamp. If a label doesn’t release digital lossless for me to buy it’s getting downloaded on Soulseek.

      • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.socialEnglish
        101·
        9 小时前

        Don’t do this. You will lose quality every time you re-transcode an audio file. AAC is supported by basically everything now.

        Also MP3 is a pretty bad format all things considered. The most efficient format is Opus, it’s open source and transparent at 160kbps.

      • MaggiWuerze@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        8 小时前

        A lot of books only get Audible Originals, so I don’t really get around it. This way I can still keep it on my own server and serve it through Plex.

    • Glide@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      7 小时前

      Many Steam games are actually DRM free. You can just copy the game folder onto a flash drive, sometimes modify a single file, and then run it from the flash drive in any PC.

      You should still buy from GOG first imo, but I wouldn’t entirely count out Steam.

      • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 小时前

        Well, it’s still a hack, not something officially supported, I wouldn’t really consider them DRM-free when you still need Steam to run the game officially.

        I’m not ruling out Steam either, they’ve done a lot of good for gaming and I buy games there if I really want them and there’s close to no chance they’re coming to GOG (like the recent Dragon Age), but more and more often I decide that I don’t actually want that game that much.

    • windowsphoneguy@feddit.orgEnglish
      9·
      13 小时前

      But then you should also back up the optional downloadable install files for each game. Just using the launcher is not a fail proof way to keep your game collection

    • Einar@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      11 小时前

      …or Humble Bundle if they offer the actual software download.

      Not if they just offer Steam keys.

      In my opinion.