▲ 448 ▼ Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance (www.tbsnews.net) submitted 10 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (9 children) https://fitgirl-repacks.site/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) Huh, the site isn't opening for me at all, DNS_PROBE_ERROR or ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED on my browsers. I wonder if it's a country-wide block in Brazil? I saw some news yesterday on the police raiding pirate servers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] underisk@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) the IP address is 103.224.182.241 if you want to try adding it to your hosts file to circumvent what appears to be a solely DNS-based block. or just change your DNS lookup server I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago ping 103.224.182.241 gives me a "general failure". At least I can still find stuff via qbittorrent's builtin search permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (5 children) Yaaarggh! Fuck you auto mod, I'm trying to be helpful. >:( permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 10 months ago (4 children) Just FYI: Links to such sites are a liability for the instance operators. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (2 children) Come sail the seas at dbzero where we dont give a fuck permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evoliddaw@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Ahh man that makes so much more sense than deebeezer zero, sometimes I'm slow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 point 10 months ago Stands for ‘divide by zero’ as far as I know, if that helps permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 10 months ago* Wouldn't they at most have to comply with a DMCA takedown request within a reasonable amount of time? At least that seems to be what major platforms do. Not actually sure what happens for smaller platforms and many lemmy instances are hosted and owned outside the US too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) Huh, the site isn't opening for me at all, DNS_PROBE_ERROR or ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED on my browsers. I wonder if it's a country-wide block in Brazil? I saw some news yesterday on the police raiding pirate servers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] underisk@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) the IP address is 103.224.182.241 if you want to try adding it to your hosts file to circumvent what appears to be a solely DNS-based block. or just change your DNS lookup server I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago ping 103.224.182.241 gives me a "general failure". At least I can still find stuff via qbittorrent's builtin search permalink fedilink source parent
[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) the IP address is 103.224.182.241 if you want to try adding it to your hosts file to circumvent what appears to be a solely DNS-based block. or just change your DNS lookup server I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago ping 103.224.182.241 gives me a "general failure". At least I can still find stuff via qbittorrent's builtin search permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago ping 103.224.182.241 gives me a "general failure". At least I can still find stuff via qbittorrent's builtin search permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (5 children) Yaaarggh! Fuck you auto mod, I'm trying to be helpful. >:( permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 10 months ago (4 children) Just FYI: Links to such sites are a liability for the instance operators. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (2 children) Come sail the seas at dbzero where we dont give a fuck permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evoliddaw@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Ahh man that makes so much more sense than deebeezer zero, sometimes I'm slow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 point 10 months ago Stands for ‘divide by zero’ as far as I know, if that helps permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 10 months ago* Wouldn't they at most have to comply with a DMCA takedown request within a reasonable amount of time? At least that seems to be what major platforms do. Not actually sure what happens for smaller platforms and many lemmy instances are hosted and owned outside the US too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 10 months ago (4 children) Just FYI: Links to such sites are a liability for the instance operators. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (2 children) Come sail the seas at dbzero where we dont give a fuck permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evoliddaw@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Ahh man that makes so much more sense than deebeezer zero, sometimes I'm slow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 point 10 months ago Stands for ‘divide by zero’ as far as I know, if that helps permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 10 months ago* Wouldn't they at most have to comply with a DMCA takedown request within a reasonable amount of time? At least that seems to be what major platforms do. Not actually sure what happens for smaller platforms and many lemmy instances are hosted and owned outside the US too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (2 children) Come sail the seas at dbzero where we dont give a fuck permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evoliddaw@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Ahh man that makes so much more sense than deebeezer zero, sometimes I'm slow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 point 10 months ago Stands for ‘divide by zero’ as far as I know, if that helps permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evoliddaw@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Ahh man that makes so much more sense than deebeezer zero, sometimes I'm slow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 point 10 months ago Stands for ‘divide by zero’ as far as I know, if that helps permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 point 10 months ago Stands for ‘divide by zero’ as far as I know, if that helps permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 10 months ago* Wouldn't they at most have to comply with a DMCA takedown request within a reasonable amount of time? At least that seems to be what major platforms do. Not actually sure what happens for smaller platforms and many lemmy instances are hosted and owned outside the US too. permalink fedilink source parent