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Empress forgot to take her meds again (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 32 points 3 years ago (1 child)

That's crazy. Those people are no better than the companies that put DRM in their products then.

I wonder if we could do crowdfunding to pay someone to write and release the documentation? This way Denuvo cracking would be easy for any experienced cracker to learn.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    isn't that sort of what's happening? she wants money for her work, and she won't be able to live off of doing this if there is enough competition. this lady, insane as she is, isn't the problem. it's that finding something rewarding to do, and live off, isn't easy. in fact, it is incredibly artificially hard

    granted, i know nothing about this woman's financial situation. im just speculating as to why she wouldn't want to share her knowledge or expertise

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    People have been cracking games and pirating for absolutely nothing for decades. In fact, I'd almost guarantee she got where she is off the notes and info freely given by the people that came before her. Make a living off of it? Seriously, ew. It's just wrong. Also, she's a huge bigot. Some comments elsewhere in this post elaborate.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    And those people can continue to do it for nothing, but there's no requirement that she should need to. It's her choice if she want to do it for nothing or not, and it's everyone else's choice whether they want to support her with their money

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    By keeping the knowledge to herself, she is slowing down the society's progress on destroying Denuvo. She also created a single point of failure. If she is gone, a lot of that knowledge will be lost. What will the community do then?

    I'm not saying she doesn't deserve to earn money for her work. But she has the power to make it easier for other crackers to crack Denuvo. With enough people like that, maybe Denuvo could be destroyed entirely? Wouldn't that be a more worthy cause to support? But it seems that instead of actually helping the society, her priority is to be the only one who benefits.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If she is gone ... What will the community do then?

    I think Empress disappearing would be a net-positive for the cracking scene.

    If there is nobody cracking the latest releases, the pressure will mount for new crackers to enter the scene. And perhaps we'll get a new generation of crackers that bring some competition back into the space.

    There's also a lot of money involved in pirated games, with shops in poorer countries selling cracked games for pennies on the dollar to people who would otherwise be unable to afford, or even download the latest games.

    So it's my opinion that denuvo cracking will never go away, it'll just evolve over time, like it has since the beginning.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    Is that really good enough for you? Wouldn't you prefer to make this area as easy for new people to enter as possible? Keeping this knowledge secret benefits only those few people. I don't understand why anyone would be ok with this.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What will the community do then? Carry on. There's always a new hotshot waiting in the wings. This cycle has been going on since before I was born and it'll continue long after I'm dead. There will always be new cats and new mice in the scene.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Since only one person is doing it right now, I'm not sure that it's so certain that there will be other people who will want to do this. Even if someone new shows up, how many years will it take them to learn all of this? There is no reason to be ok with this secrecy. It only hurts the community.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not "okay with it". Empress is a psycho the scene would be better without, but when they're gone, it doesn't all just burn down. There'll be someone else. There always is.

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