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Re:Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the... by rightbyte on Friday January 13, 2023 @07:20PM (#34375804)
The difference is that it is always possible to rip a movie but cracking games with server side computations could be practically impossible.
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Re:Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the... by Gigachad on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:08PM (#34376140)
The games industry has moved to where even single player games are online enhanced experiences. As angry as that makes users here, gamers and corporations are quite happy with that arrangement which blocks piracy and makes games more fun.
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Re:Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the... by antifa on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:58AM (#34380352)
For me, personally, writing my own replacement server would be easier than cracking a binary client.
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