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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What the fuck? First they call out Empress for actually being a man from Bulgaria. Then they drop a transphobic slur. Then they defend DRM and publishers.
I can understand supporting the developers and promoting buying software you enjoy when you can. But one of the big motivations for cracking software is software preservation and removing DRM that harms legit user experiences. So I say again, wtf?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

I didn't understand the DRM part neither.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

There's this thing where they pretend they actually do it to be first and not because they want people to download their cracks. And that's how you get the crazy talk where they pretend they're pro-DRM.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

The worst thing is that, compared to empress, they were quite moderate. I don't know what's wrong with them or why they're all so mad... but I love the drama, I'm looking forward to the next episode.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Raging people seldom make much sense or consistency.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago