And PlayStation!

put new, unreleased games up for sale at up to 50% off without permission from the devs during their first sales event

Holy shit I did not know that that definitely deserves some serious hate in that case.

The exclusivity stuff I get the hate for a little but PS and Xbox and Nintendo did the same thing for a couple decades but it still doesn’t make it right that they did either. But I do get it a bit.

I do prefer Steam and love what they do for Linux the steam deck is one of my favorite toys. But if I see something for cheaper on Epic than on steam I’ll always go for the cheaper option but some people act like epic doesn’t even exist as an option which I get a little more now after seeing some of these things you mentioned the forcing devs games into sales without permission is super fucked up.

“Do what I want or the people will suffer”

Yes but wasn’t an active mod just was put on the list like anyone could have been at the time.

The Pimp Daddy award that they gave the active mod of that subreddit though is much more problematic in my opinion because that was a decisive decision.

Yes and I have said the same thing in other comments before.

What about my comments made you think I don’t like or support steam?

I said that people complain about the epic games guy but also whine and moan about Gabe having yachts. Then you said they are being consistent and I said well when they recommend to use other millionaire/billionaires platforms that is not being consistent that is hating on a specific platform for the same things other platforms do (have rich people run them)

I’m confused about what you are defending or against here.

You can see in my comment history I have said the same thing you just said before to people anti steam. I love steam, and what it does for Linux.

But that doesn’t mean I’m against epic either.

Do you like cross platform gaming? Thank epic.

Hating on one but defending the other is exactly what I said doesn’t make any sense. Every successful gaming company is going to have millionaires. So when I said, people hate on epic but then complain that Gabe has yachts but still tell people to use steam over epic that doesn’t make any sense and is the opposite of consistent.

Odd then that most of them that hate on epic still recommend to use Steam instead.

Some say GOG, which is also owned by millionaires.

I’m failing to see the consistency.

That’s fair but anyone can run it that way without it having root access, even on Windows.

I run it through Heroic and it doesn’t have root access at all. In fact my entire gaming profile doesn’t have root access to the rest of the machine which is recommended for anything gaming related even steam.

If you’re talking about on Windows then you’re already running Malware in the form of Windows OS, to be honest. But since you said root I’m assuming you mean on Linux.

Why don’t you guys get some meaningful fucking work done improving the lives of your constituents instead of hating on memes for kids?

I’ve never understood the hate for Epic Games Store. Without Epic cross platform gaming would have never happened on consoles.

Yeah dude is a twat and has some shitty opinions but the same people who bitch about him will whine and moan about Gabe Newell having yachts.

I really just don’t understand it.

If you don’t want anyone to make money from games then that leaves no money left to develop games.

In fact, epic charges less than half of the listing fee for devs and publishers than any other service that lists games. (They lose money doing this, but they still do it).

Just really odd behavior in my opinion. People find anything to divide themselves over.

He wasn’t actually a mod of it like people say he was just part of the administration team at Reddit at that point and they awarded the mod of Jailbait a custom badge. Still super weird, but yes you’re right he was never a active mod there. (Edited for clarity)

He did edit comments made about himself though because his feewings got hurt which is completely unacceptable as well. Fuck Spez.

So serious question why couldn’t they pay a Chinese vessel to come get or move their oil.

I’d bet a fat stack of cash the USA wouldn’t dare touch one if it was Chinese. Or shit maybe even Trumps daddy Putin could send a Russian oil tanker to move it around. Bet they wouldn’t fuck with that either.

Is it just a cost thing?

To be fair not all crime causes harm to other people.

There’s only been like 3 times mainly that have been found out about publicly at least

OnionDuke Malware (2014)

Operation Onymous (2014)

Tor Exit Node Malware Campaign (2020)

So it can happen but doesn’t happen often and the people who pull it off usually have virtually unlimited funding to do it. For the common person its still safer than rawdogging the internet

That excerpt still says it was deployed to all the businesses listed above it, though. So yes it was being used however those businesses used it.

And yes closed source components are inescapable (and also a potential threat) unless you use something that is GNU certified and I don’t even think a lot of them can even run the current version of Tails but I havent researched it in awhile. Maybe could run Tor browser though but if my memory serves correctly even stuff that is GNU certified has some proprietary hardware in it.

But no, the irrationality here would be saying “because something is open source you should trust it automatically and ask no questions about it” which of course isn’t what you said but you implied that because something is open source its automatically to be trusted. And that’s not true.

I never said not to use TOR or implied that, I said (and you can look back at my comments and see) that just because something is open source doesn’t automatically mean it is safe and trustworthy. And I don’t think its irrational to say that.

This was all in response to someone pointing out that depending on what the person is using TOR for they should do more research about it and educate themselves on security of using it which is true.

Never just see open source and assume complete safety or trustworthiness. Which is something people who have never used TOR do all the time and why you see the points I made being brought up around the conversation constantly.

Open source doesn’t guarantee complete safety, you should still take other steps in addition to using open source to better enhance your privacy and security. TOR is great and I think OP and others interested should use it, but you should never blindly trust something just because it is open source and used a lot. Vulnerabilities can happen all the time, if they didn’t Tails wouldn’t ever need updated at all.

Alternatives (that I wouldn’t really recommend) do exist and since you mentioned how none were mentioned the two that come to mind first is i2p and Whonix although Whonix uses Tor routing but is an alternative to Tails I guess. Still wouldn’t recommend them over Tails though.

The algorithm has been included in the code libraries and software of major vendors and industry bodies, including Microsoft, Cisco Systems, RSA, Juniper, RIM for Blackberry, OpenSSL, McAfee, Samsung, Symantec, and Thales, according to Nist documentation, external.

Whether the software of these organisations was secure depended on how the algorithm had been used, Cambridge University cryptographic expert Richard Clayton told the BBC.

I wouldn’t say it didn’t affect anyone. And the thing about stuff like this is that this is just what has been found there likely exist many other things like this that won’t be found for a long time if it all.

OP should still use open source, to be clear I never said they shouldn’t.

But your comment implied that because it is open source it automatically means that it is safe and trustworthy and that isn’t true.

Obviously your security is much better on widely used open source software and programs than on proprietary stuff that isn’t widely audited but it doesn’t guarantee your safety and that’s all I was pointing out.

Also to add to this, since the discussion is about TOR I think this line of conversation is even more warranted and not just some “ritualistic” thing like your edit on that original comment says. TOR is 80% funded directly by the State department.

Now, yes many talented software people are out there but the governments of the world have some of the best and it would be in all of their best interests not to disclose a vulnerability in something they could use against someone. You’re either the USAs ally or someone that is against it, either of those options would make you not disclosing a vulnerability in your best interests.

So to automatically assume that software from a government that historically is against human and privacy rights is safe simply because it is open source is disingenuous.

That said, I still recommend TOR and I like it a lot. But I do not recommend trusting something simply because it is open source. Since this user wanted an in depth conversation on the topic I don’t feel like its “ritualistic purity” to disclose all that I said above.

It isn’t bad to be suspicious. If no one was, then open source wouldn’t even matter because no one would be wary enough to check.

I’m reminded of the backdoor the NSA placed in OpenSSL.

I love open source everything, but open source doesn’t just automatically mean “safer”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24048343

Lol now gamepass is going to be $40/month in 3 months.

Look what you all made Microsoft do!!

Because of good old propaganda. I know, its fucking bullshit.

Not even remotely close yet unfortunately.