I would because it’s an open and shut case no judge would deny.

and you would be incorrect, most GPL/fossy licensing doesn’t specifically prohibit commercial use.

folks thought the same for the Genesis and Atari flashbacks but some tinkering found they were using FOSS emulation. IMO FOSS projects should start charging companies that use their products dependent on scale.

I’m reminded of a meme from the early 2000s. keep in mind it was a completely different time.

arguing with someone online is like the special Olympics. you may win but everyone looks retarded.

pull a WordPress and force a TOS in the license to say you cannot be affiliated with Nintendo in any way in order to use this software.

they want to emulate their hardware? then they can build their own emulator.

oh no…you’ve done it now!

someone got their Egyptology degree from Queen Cleopatra.

Egypt was actually pretty well mixed between lower Saharan Africans, Greeks, Turks, etc. that’s because Egypt was a trusted trade route between many successful economies around the Mediterranean sea.

what’s old is new again! they tried to pull this shit back in the day but physical media was the only delivery method. now that everything is downloaded there’s a bunch of legal grey area they’re hiding in.

so the next question, is this retroactive? if so, then when will I get my money back? Licensed software is cheaper than the full MSRP I paid for titles that had physical options I could have bought at a store. this is because licensed software usually has an expiration date while physical media with software can be installed anytime after purchase.

so, Valve, one last question.

if owning a product is based in ownership of the product and buying proves ownership then, you can’t own their product by “buying” their product when they can revoke your ownership anytime.

so, if you can’t buy the product and can’t own the product, you can’t steal the product because they never gave you possession of it.

they didn’t lease me the use of the product according to the law, they sold it to me. from a legal perspective, there are contracts, signatures, and other documents that must be filed for every lease to determine the structure of the lease. TOS is not a binding contract strong enough for leases.

funny thing, that’s one of the fights going on right now with companies like Disney and Doordash. their argument that the victim agreed to their (broad) TOS, releases them of any legal liability.

should the corpos win those cases, TOS for the most mundane bullshit will likely end terribly for consumers.

if that’s what you think, I have a bridge to sell you.

It’s worth $6.7billion but the lowest I’ll go is $3.50

once you pay me you can have that bridge, but don’t you dare copy it.

as a poor kid living in the sticks demo discs were the only way I could play many games.

if it weren’t for them, I would have never gotten into games, nor computers, nor my career that has elevated my QOL.

could say demo discs saved my life from many hardships.

back in the day I had an ATI system that shared system ram through the iGPU to the GPU(both ATI). turned my 2gb GPU into 4gb and saved me from building a new system for like a decade.

not sure if they do it anymore, but it’d be nice.

a demo in this day? dev knows what’s up

I’ll be the only barbarian relentlessly bludgeoning my prey with my bow.

good. employees need time off too.

I worked at a 24h WM. it fucking sucked working 2p-11p then 7a-2p over and over again.

Elmer looks exhausted from making it too.

is that old lesbian growing a beard?

who the fuck is that?

edit: just saw where I am. Jesus, he’s really let himself go…

not just ethics, security as well. what’s to stop the pos from pulling a Chrome and collecting your browsing habits to sell to the highest bidder?

here, no text.

nobody read your self-righteous rant.

stop, you’re somebody to somebody.

you sound like Dane Cook after an hour of…well…being Dane Cook.

you can’t gatekeep humor. I can’t fucking stand pretentious self-centered pricks like yourself.

humor isn’t here for YOU, it’s not here for ME. humor is here for them, the people who need it most. the ones who hate the day, you, themselves. the ones consuming the humor, even the ones telling the humor. IMO you’re a humorless prick, and that’s the only reason why your probably so insufferable be around.

I’m going to give you the best advice you’ll ever hear, so listen up.

if you don’t like the jokes I’m tellin, then get the fuck out! you paid nothing to be here. your tickets were free, as in feel free to fuckin leave.

– some comedian