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Sony cancelled the PSN account linking requirement for Helldivers 2 (lemmy.world)
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[-] loo@lemmy.world 461 points 8 months ago

We are still learning what is best for PC players

More like

We are constantly limit-testing what level of exploitation our players can endure

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 99 points 8 months ago

It's weird how collective action works so well but they only choose to do it for this linking requirement. You could get the rootkits gone as well, gamers.

[-] loo@lemmy.world 49 points 8 months ago

Most people don't know what they're installing or don't care about their privacy, which is why there's not enough people rising up against kernel level AC's. Also, not being able to play until you create an account is much more upsetting to most people, than just clicking 'update' in League of Legends.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Does the rootkit install alongside the game like without explicit user action? That's pretty unfortunate.

[-] loo@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

There's a tooltip next to the update button that says something like 'Our Anticheat Vanguard is out now!' or smth like that. The rest is exactly the same as any other update

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

That is despicable TBH.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

Keep in mind this is purchasing a Sony product after they already showed us who they were with the first rootkit scandal.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago

For the kids:

The Sony BMG CD copy protection rootkit scandal was a scandal focused on the implementation of copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs distributed by Sony BMG in 2005. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software that provided a form of digital rights management (DRM) by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Neither program could easily be uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware. One of the programs would install and "phone home" with reports on the user's private listening habits, even if the user refused its end-user license agreement (EULA), while the other was not mentioned in the EULA at all. Both programs contained code from several pieces of copylefted free software in an apparent infringement of copyright, and configured the operating system to hide the software's existence, leading to both programs being classified as rootkits.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

the problem with that is that the people playing thoose games have no idea what a rootkit is

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

This! God, please.

[-] Guru_Insights99@lemm.ee 55 points 8 months ago

Brooooo this victory is an absolute game-changer for us die-hard Xbox fans, and it's downright exhilarating! Sony's constant blunders pale in comparison to the countless triumphs of team Xbox, and this might just be the knockout blow that finally converts those Lamestationers to our side. Brace yourselves for an epic shift as the unrivaled supremacy of our console dazzles and dominates, pulling every gamer into its unstoppable vortex of pure excitement and adrenaline-fueled gaming bliss!👊👊

[-] WoodenDing@lemm.ee 47 points 8 months ago

Whoa, this gave me some late 2000s nostalgia.

[-] pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca 33 points 8 months ago

"Annnnnnnd post!"

[-] Woozythebear@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Damn what's that youtubers channel? I always see his videos around then I forget his name when I want to watch more.

[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Bounced on my boys joystick to this for hours

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 21 points 8 months ago

Great shitpost!

[-] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 19 points 8 months ago

I can’t tell if you’re being downvoted by dorks who don’t realise you’re joking or by dorks who DO realise you’re joking and feel attacked. Either way, sad, silly down voters.

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Or by dorks who are thoroughly exhausted of the Console Wars and know it's a joke but don't think it's funny. (It's a dead horse with $5 armor)

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

This sounds like a chatGPT post ngl

[-] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Lmaooo

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago

Get back in your hole console peasant and Xbox shill

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Thanks, definitely not Xbox employee.

[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 4 points 8 months ago

The amount of downvotes this has makes me worried about Lemmy’s sense of humor

[-] Rakudjo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Doritos Dew It Right!

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Phil Spencer, is that you?

[-] Redecco@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Why is this downvoted, this is great!

[-] elxeno@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago

And they already got a bunch of new accounts

[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Like an emotionally abusive partner.

[-] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

That's part of the enshitifcation process.

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