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16 votes
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Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains. Reverse engineering a train to analyze a suspicious malfunction.
26 votes -
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing
209 votes -
Polish hackers repaired trains the manufacturer artificially bricked. Now the train company is threatening them.
59 votes -
Tips for buying + reading ebooks that are synced without using kindle/play books?
Hey! I’ve been trying lately to get rid of big platforms from my life. One part of it is that I usually buy ebooks/audiobooks from apple, Amazon or google, however I’m then also forced to use...
Hey! I’ve been trying lately to get rid of big platforms from my life. One part of it is that I usually buy ebooks/audiobooks from apple, Amazon or google, however I’m then also forced to use their reading app, which is a vendor lock-in I’m not comfortable with.
I know there are plenty of ebook readers out there, but I’m trying to find
- A store where I can buy ebooks that can be opened in a ebook reader of my choice.
- A way to then sync my progress between phone and laptop. I have nextcloud setup, so if I can make use of that then it’s perfect.
Anyone here got any tips?
22 votes -
Google begins their push for WEI in Chromium
94 votes -
Web Environment Integrity - A Google proposal for general web drm
47 votes -
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”
31 votes -
Pirates liberate games from Battle.net to send message to Activision Blizzard
20 votes -
The philosophical guide to software piracy
14 votes -
Inside the fight to save video game history - Publishers and preservationists are fighting over how old video games can be saved from digital obsolescence
10 votes -
Bypassing early 2000s copy protection for software preservation
9 votes -
Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you.
18 votes -
Scientific publishers consider installing spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights
9 votes -
After 352 days since PC release, Red Dead Redemption 2 was finally cracked this morning
18 votes -
Human rights and "technical protection measures" (DRM) - Lessons from twenty-two years of the US DMCA
9 votes -
Howard Jones makes the sheet music for his older albums free on his website
9 votes -
Why Collabora really added Digital Restrictions Management to Weston
5 votes -
Classic Doom games vanish, reappear on Xbox One with features missing
13 votes -
1993’s Doom requires a Bethesda account to play on Switch, quickly becomes an internet joke
11 votes -
Denuvo DRM cracks seem to be happening faster and faster
9 votes -
Disappearing movies and games: How safe is your digital collection?
33 votes -
Denuvo: Four years later
14 votes -
Cellphone unlocking, jailbreaking and repairing now legal in US
43 votes -
DRM for chargers? Google Pixel 3 locks fast Qi charging to its own $79 stand
26 votes -
The future of GOG: Mod support, Steam rivalry and problematic tweets
23 votes -
The GOG client for Linux is no longer actively being worked on
42 votes -
Linux gaming: GOG vs. Steam?
I started prioritizing GOG a couple of years ago, buying most of my games there because I love their DRM-free stance. I have an entire backup of my GOG gaming library on my hard drive, so even if...
I started prioritizing GOG a couple of years ago, buying most of my games there because I love their DRM-free stance. I have an entire backup of my GOG gaming library on my hard drive, so even if something happened to my account I'd still have everything I've bought from them over the years. On the other hand, their Linux support isn't great. For example, GOG Galaxy, their all-in-one frontend, is still not available on Linux despite being out for other platforms for years.
Steam, on the other hand, is DRM-agnostic, and there isn't an easy way to separate my games from the service. I worry about what would happen if I somehow lost access to my account. When a game is available on Steam and GOG, I opt for GOG each time because I'd rather have a DRM-free copy that I can control. Nevertheless, Valve has done a lot to support Linux gaming, especially with their recent debut of SteamPlay and Proton. Right now, Steam gives a much better user experience to Linux users and supporting Valve helps move Linux gaming forward. It also helps that their selection is much greater than GOG's, (though that's less of a pull for me as I do appreciate GOG's heavier-handed curation).
I'm torn because I want a little of column A and a little of column B. I keep hoping that GOG will eventually catch up with Steam with regards to Linux support, but that's already been the dream for a while (and a lot of people are done holding their breath). At this point I'm wondering whether I should just hop on the SteamPlay train and start putting my eggs back in that basket. Anyone have any thoughts? Who do you choose to buy from, and why?
31 votes -
Apple can delete purchased movies from your library without telling you
31 votes -
The JPEG Committee is “exploring Blockchain” to put DRM into JPEG
20 votes -
EA deletes Redditors account and claims there is nothing they can do about it
14 votes -
Does Denuvo slow game performance? Seven games benchmarked before and after they dropped Denuvo
7 votes