If buying isn't ownership, then piracy isn't theft.
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2025
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Well, since they don't sell games, I guess they shouldn't expect to see any of my money anytime soon. The blade cuts both ways, Ubishit, you can't have your cake and eat it too.
Wouldn't the easiest way out for this just be to throw a repo up and say "host your own servers, go away."
It feels like that would be an approach that would be simple and cheap to deliver (they don't have to handhold any of it) but makes them look magnamanous-- "you'll be able to show your kids this game or get a nostalgia kick even 20 years for now, like how your dad pulled out the Atari 2600".
that's what the other side wants them to do, yes.
servers are probably to tightly integrated into ubi's infra to publish but they don't want to say that.
I figure it would be the "good enough compliance gesture" like when router makers dunp a barely-building code sample to comply with the GPL.
Funny enough, EA did exactly that.
EA now being a model to aspire to?! What next? Cats chasing dogs? Sunshine at midnight? America showing responsible global leadership? nVidia making a fairly priced GPU?
Right!?
Never give Ubi money. Or EA. Or Blizzard.
I unfortunately had to buy "A Way Out" and "It Takes Two" to play it with my spouse. I'm sorry.
But I installed the "Fck EA App" with great pleasure (https://github.com/p0358/Fuck_off_EA_App).
Or Microsoft. Not only do you not own games, you can't choose or vote with your wallet anymore if you get into a subscription model, MS will develop whatever costs them less and makes them more and double down on AI slop.
Linux gamers rise up! (Or don't, I'm not going to judge.)
Or any game company. This has been the norm for decades, probably since the first piece of software was sold.
We should really make laws that protect consumers and makes it so game services that are shut down become opensource.
Target your anger about this to something productive.
Every time I see a thumbnail for this game it gets me excited for a new Driver game because that's what The Crew is
Fuck Ubisoft for many reasons, not least of which making The Crew out of Driver: SF's follow-up
Ubisoft about to play a game of Luigi’s Mansion
Don't buy Ubisoft
Ubisoft, more like Poopysoft am I right
If your poop isn't soft, you need to drink more water.