Comment on ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game

• CybranM@feddit.nu ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Disagree, like yesman (lol) said it’s best to wait. I’m not that worried about playing games day one but I still want to sort the Devs, after they’ve patched out the bugs and removed DRM preferably

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  • newthrowaway20@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If only buying games actually supported devs anymore. Devs seem to get fired for any reason nowadays.

    Bad game? Fired. Good game? Also fired. Popular game that people loved? Believe it or not, also fired.

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    • pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Plenty of singleplayer games are from indies, those more or less support the developer.

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      • Agrivar@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Any indie devs out there using Denuvo?

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      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        And you don’t need to wait for indie games, though you might need to be patient about early access quality. But, as long as the dev(s) stick with it, even that can be satisfying to see the game improve from a janky boilerplate mess to wherever it is really headed.

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    • CybranM@feddit.nu ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I get where you’re coming from and I agree the job security for Devs and the financing of games is fucked. It’s still disingenuous to claim that pirating the game has the same impact as buying.

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  • MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Only the devs who don’t use Denuvo

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m not either, I get them on sale later, just pointing out why would they screw over a paying customer with DRM bullshit.

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• shiroininja@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Pirating is getting so hard for me that it’s becoming not an option. Comcast has started blocking vpn nodes for me, but only of I am torrenting. And if I turn off the vpn, DMCA notices out the ass. I’m kinda stuck.

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What VPN and where are you located?

    Couple things you can do, try changing your router DNS to quad9 or open DNS, make sure you’re not using Comcast default DNS servers.

    Try a new VPN provider, I’ve been using Torguard for almost a decade, zero issues, there are discount codes where you can get it for $29/year.

    I have a dedicated desktop for seeding, I upload about 1TB per day on soulseek/nicotine+ and torrents.

    youtu.be/xAo61IaXun8

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    • shiroininja@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thank you, you’re a god among men. I use a pihole for DNS, but I will give Torguard a try because I’ve been thinking of getting rid of private internet access since they went all corporate.

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      • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Pihole is fine, just make sure it’s not using the Comcast DNS settings. I have a pile instance also that I use to block ads

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