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Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316... by Camas on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @08:43PM (#24499894)
>as obscure as The Pirate Bay, i.e. not very

Blocked in Europe, China, Australia, ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_blocking_access_to_T...

Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316... by the_af on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @08:54PM (#24499962)
... and I'm sure there are no ways around that, right? Wink, wink.
Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316... by Camas on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:18PM (#24500474)
opening a pdf is a difficult task for most people

exaggerating slightly but you know what I mean

Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316... by the_af on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:27PM (#24500527)
All it takes is one of your friends who knows how to. Then they'll share with you. And much like opening PDFs, this isn't rocket science.

The base knowledge here is people who know how to install and play pretty complex games. These people go to impossible lengths to install video drivers and troubleshoot problems with their computers; I'm sure they won't find this particular task very difficult.

Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316... by russelg on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:38PM (#24500945)
All of these blockades are simple ISP-level DNS redirections. Simply changing your DNS to google or cloudflare or similar resolves this quite nicely, no VPN needed.
Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316... by wtf_is_up on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @09:13PM (#24500096)
Just as recent as yesterday I accessed TPB while connected to a VPN server located in Sweden.