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I have to believe it's an incident of convenient language overlap This as an anti piracy measure falls apart when you recall pirates will already have/know a t
by bravetraveler 5y ago
I have to believe it's an incident of convenient language overlap
This as an anti piracy measure falls apart when you recall pirates will already have/know a tracker (or other means) not susceptible to this due to limited scope
Or said another way: this only really works against first timers
- LeSaucy 5y agoLooks like this will encourage newcomer pirates to "git gud".
- lesuorac 5y agoOr just to use hyphens. `torrent elden ring -horse -steed`
- mminer237 5y agoVery few people know about negative keywords.
- bravetraveler 5y agoThat's git gud at search :D
- cruano 5y agoSounds like first timers would be the most likely to say "Ok, I'll buy it then"
- bravetraveler 5y agoMore so than the seasoned ones for sure, but they'd actually find more success omitting any game details so I question how many.
- rhino369 5y agoYou shouldn't look at anti-piracy measures as all-or-nothing. Skilled pirates don't pay. They are a lost cause. Most anti-piracy is just making sure the average person--who could probably figure out torrents, but hasn't done so--isn't able to easily pirate. The tracker wack-a-mole game works against old semi-reformed pirates like--um, my fiend--who was able to figure out usenet piracy and private trackers back in college. But would rather plunk down 60 bucks than spend time sucking up to children for invites. That said, its either a coincidence or a joke/homage. Hard to believe its a purposeful tactic.
- bravetraveler 5y agoTrue, I apologize for making it seem as such - as an unintended side effect I could see it meeting this goal. Totally agree that those predisposed to piracy are going to do it. Money is an interesting thing to mention. Those invites don't necessarily need to be begged for/networked - they can also be purchased.
- rhino369 5y agoOut of curiosity, what the semi-reputable trackers that take cash? I know usenet indexers do it. The piracy community is an interesting place.
- bravetraveler 5y agoI haven't heard of any directly taking payments [for membership, at least], but rather third parties selling invites. It's another somewhat shady area of the internet, adjacent (and somewhat overlapping) with the piracy ones.