I assume they’re going to use it to waste stupid amounts of electricity?

This is only loosely related to your post but I just came across this project:

https://archipelago.gg/

This is a cross-game modification system which randomizes different games, then uses the result to build a single unified multi-player game. Items from one game may be present in another, and you will need your fellow players to find items you need in their games to help you complete your own.

It supports a whole shitload of games: https://archipelago.gg/games

I only just started reading about it. So far it seems like insanity.

You’re suggesting people not be able to run software in kernel mode on their own systems.

I would never run kernel mode anti-cheat, but going down this road will lead to hardware attestation and the end of open computing for anything with online services.

Not that I recall. It turns out that most people have their Xbox in a place that sucks for dribbling a basketball, so I think the correct way to play this game was to move the setup to your garage/patio. :)

I worked on this game. You have to dribble a basketball in front of all your expensive electronics. Insane idea, but it was a fun project.

Also https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/09/12/forgive-me-father

It’s a trap.

“play time”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_revenue_per_user

That’s what I’m talking about though. The stupid changes usually get caught, but you still have someone there who thought it was a good idea.

Something I’ve noticed from working in a big company is that people consistently fail to predict the backlash that their policy changes will cause.

They often don’t even care all that much about the change, and if you point out that people will be upset, they agree that it’s not worth it. They just can’t relate to the people they are impacting.

Companies love getting your money early, especially with higher interest rates, so this only makes sense if the prices are going way up.

One thing is for sure: no other fork will have a name this good.

I hope they do this, even if it’s just as a fuck-you to Microsoft. As long as they don’t actively get in the way of it, I’m sure it’ll happen.

They are going to get so greedy with game pass once everyone is hooked…

I do agree with you. The current state of things is pretty great.

I have a phone, laptop, desktop, and steam deck. I control the software that runs on all of them, at least down to the bootloader/kernel. If I want to patch a kernel, I can do it. And aside from the phone, I can probably run the majority of the games that have ever been released (on any platform), on any of them.

I worry about two things in the future:

1. Will be able to buy modern hardware without the software it runs being restricted?

2. Will online services used by software be accessible without hardware based attestation?

…computers that are locked down like game consoles, if they have their way.

Even if you can get past whatever VM detection they currently do, that’ll only work until they require remote attestation.

I don’t know why but this just made me think of “A Boy and His Blob” for the first time in… 20 years? Time to fire up the emulator.

“cons cunt” is just Aussie slang for Lisp Programmer.

Chinese cyberspies exploited a fundamental gap in Microsoft’s cloud

Gap is a very generous alternative to: flaw, vulnerability, etc.