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[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] McJonalds@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] mikezila@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] mikezila@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I admire your optimism. To me it seems like the situation is getting worse. Corporations invented a DRM that's difficult to crack in order to make pirates less effective and they succeeded.

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