they ran out of boxes, not nuggets

wow, i thought it would be a while before someone had the chutzpah to out-greed Battlestate Games. I definitely need to stop giving these corporations the benefit of the doubt. but of course, the culprit is Riot.

probably the logo/branding

spotify is a terrible company. at this point i feel like they have brand hostages rather than brand loyalty. i dont know anybody whos actually happy with the spotify experience any more.

in this example, its like disabling the firewall and plugging directly into the modem with no router. in that case, there's no local network and no router firewall in place. wrt ports needing exploits, that's correct. the thing about that is that there are definitely exploits being used in the wild that we dont know about. Microsoft's May security update fixed 3 critical vulnerabilities that were being actively exploited. sophisticated attackers use exploit chains, where one vulnerability gets a foothold then others are deployed in a way that circumvents most common security measures inside the affected OS to gain admin rights. so in short, the scenario you describe is not as implausible as you think it might be.

I'm sorry, but disabling the firewall makes this a wasted exercise. ANY computer connected directly to the internet without a firewall will get infected. Even PCs with modern, up to date OSes.

I just came across a post from a community hosted there and was debating blocking the instance. i probably will. i don't see any benefit to the content on that instance, but i also dont want to presume that everyone shares my views.