Comment on 390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives

• MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  RTFA

  In the past several months, many specialized download managers were created that completely bypassed the site, donation messages, and download protections. Some of these download managers locked certain features behind a paywall that required users to pay in order to gain access. The use of Myrient for commercial, for-profit purposes has always been strictly forbidden. Such egregious and abusive usage of the site cannot be tolerated anymore.

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  • tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I read it which is why I was surprised, because the front page gives the impression that unrestricted free access is kind of its shtick?

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