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I always figured they understand it's inconvenient but come up with a stance to try to not seem like ****s. This whole thing seems to be driven by the industry's pirating scare. I must say I understand their frustration with the amount of game pirating but they are going about solving this all the wrong ways...
Thanks to Minho for my sig!
In all honesty big executives in Ubi/EA/whatevs are hurting the gaming industry more than piracy does. Piracy really isn't as bad as it's made out to be. The industry is just using piracy as a scapegoat to mask customer dissatisfaction.
"Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends." - Albert Bandura
"Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality, we aren't just ceding control of our rights to government, but our futures." - Edward Snowden
"Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality, we aren't just ceding control of our rights to government, but our futures." - Edward Snowden
Mowen wrote:
I always figured they understand it's inconvenient but come up with a stance to try to not seem like ****s. This whole thing seems to be driven by the industry's pirating scare. I must say I understand their frustration with the amount of game pirating but they are going about solving this all the wrong ways...
this. plus they want to spy on you.
I like things that make me feel stupid. - Ken Levine
Pheyniex wrote:
everyone spies on you. starting on your government, ending on Wallmart/GM/Microsoft, passing through FAcebook, youtube, twitter.
@Everybody: Try this if you've got Firefox. There's also a simple demo that works with all HTML5 compatible browsers.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/collusion/
"You can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated." - Mike Rogers, U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district, 2013
I.e: Mike Rogers doesn't think it's rape unless the victim knows (s)he has been raped. Sounds legit.
I.e: Mike Rogers doesn't think it's rape unless the victim knows (s)he has been raped. Sounds legit.
Toshabi wrote:
Hehehe, "Roooter". I like how he pronounces 'router'.
That's nothing compared to how he pronounces 'poor'. He says roughly "po-ur". (note: the word pour is pronounced more like poor than the actual spelling)
"Gold can't buy you rape." - Mr Sark
Searz wrote:
That's nothing compared to how he pronounces 'poor'. He says roughly "po-ur". (note: the word pour is pronounced more like poor than the actual spelling)
English is such a funny language.
Poor and pour,
For and four,
to and too,
No and know.
The list goes on.
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The whole problem is explained nicely there my Mr.Biscuit.
Always-on adds no functionality what so ever, it in fact detracts functionality. Why do big names in the industry refuse to understand this?