I’d need to check how long the validation lasts, since it may be well be like emulated PS1 games from the PSN (“PSOne Classics”) and Steam’s offline mode, both that take a few years to reset, but neither permanent.

But about people complaining, they usually do so only for problems that are obvious to them. And the obvious is usually immediate.

And if it takes a few months/years to expire, I’d say it is not ethical, but pretty vile, as then people will not notice the problem at first, and when they do, they may no longer access their contents.

And considering people that forgot to upgrade their original Mojang accounts, or didn’t have access to the needed tools while the change to Microsoft accounts happened, there is a precedent for Minecraft validation methods to not become available any longer.

Also, from my experience with Windows Vista, where even though I have an actually original key for it, if I try to install Vista nowadays and try to connect it to the internet, it will lock the whole system from my access on the next start-up, I’d imagine because it can’t reach the validation servers. So I’ve seen first hand how Microsoft’s preservation goes over several years. And since Minecraft may also be used online due to multiplayer, checks may still happen, and being nowadays also a Microsoft product, it may suffer from the same vices of origin.

Login to access the contents afaik is still DRM, even if it takes more steps.

Afaik, the Java version is only accessible with an account, 3rd party launchers potentially being considered cracking means. Bedrock version is tied to its platforms’ DRMs, like Win10’s Microsoft Store validation and a hard-to-access folder which changing permissions is a nightmare, and Google Play Services’ validation on Android.

As for console versions, major consoles have DRM to their games by default, with a case like PS Vita games even requiring the user to create a dummy validation file by launching the game once to be able to use backups (also iirc all Vita cartridges have a self-explanatory gro0:/DRM/ folder). And as for cartridge overall, be them Nintendo’s, Sony’s, etc., being hard to access their contents due to using non-standard could be considered DRM, and some cases formally considering as in the DMCA.

So sounds to me like it has DRM in most versions, yeah.

Starbound and Terraria come to mind. Also Planet Centauri and maybe Stardew Valley.

Also Minecraft if a DRM-free version other than the Pi Edition (which is abandoned) ever comes.

Oh, boy

Favorite gameplay genre of mine probably =D

About Lemmy.ml specifically, iirc it is communist so posts and users will generally go that way.

But this brings a point, each instance has a culture or scope, and so some frustations may come from specific instances, requiring you to keep an eye for that too.

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Every once in a while I see some, so I get a feeling there’s a nice amount already. =)

But takes more effort to keep them healthy, as the network is young and relays to help with discoverability aren’t common or widespread yet.

About the fediverse, most generalist communities have rampant political agendas crossdressing as posts of whatever topic the community is about.

I recommend blocking communities that bother you, or individuals if it’s specific ones that keep filling your feed with stuff you don’t want to see.

Been doing it for years and it surely becomes serene without drying up the feed.

Also might I suggest making an account on Mbin instead of Lemmy? It connects to microblogging too so further posts to find, allows blocking posts by linked articles (you’d be surprised how much that cleans the feed), and it’s very responsive to Ublock Origin filters and Violentmonkey scripts.

They do IP bans if you use VPN apparently. Even mine I suspect that got banned for that.

Also first time I hear this, but at this point, it doesn’t sound too unlikely:
https://lemmy.world/comment/24003438

My suggestion? If they don’t want you, you shouldn’t go back kneeling to them. Welcome to the fediverse and if I may suggest, help feeding other forums too, to help make Reddit become less relevant.

Home is r/All, right? If so, apparently they were removing it some weeks back? Still accessible at old.reddit.com/r/All according to some users.

However, considering the attempt to kill/severely limit API access some years back, how bad and app-pushing the flagship version of their site is, and how some days ago they were considering removing RSS due to alleged scrappers, the issue would sound intentional.

If they block RSS too, then there’s nothing holding me to the site anymore.

“That’s a nice claim, senator, but why don’t you back it up with a source?”

“The source is that I made it the fuck up!”

(From Max0r’s parody of Metal Gear Revengeance)

Not as slow as some people claim to be - there’s enough daily content even filtering a lot.

Also there are different corners of the fediverse. If you don’t like one, you can block it on your side.

Also Lemmy allows hiding posts. That sure is nice. =)

Looks pretty abstract to me.

Some communities there have bots that comment on posts so people can up/downvote the bot comment to decide if the post fits the community, or if the relevance changed (e.g. in deals communities). The subreddit could use something like this, if they don’t already.

And if you make a meta post or the sort suggesting that or contesting the removal and they ban you, well, shows they don’t want you. So in such an outcome, feel free to post here on the fediverse, either/both in the general art communities, the weirdcore community if you think it fits, abstract art communities if you can find any, or on a community of your own creation for that.

Gazeta do Povo had a translation distributed for free. Maybe they still do?

https://lemmy.world/post/47108922 =)

Gonna make a post about it, but in line with identifying, with people reporting on their own findings in places like NeoDB (ActivityPub-compatible!), it creates a knowledge database. A wiki could be good too (and iirc there are AP-compatible wiki projects too), but it takes way more effort.

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