There was never a concern for PS4 players. Timothy doesn't even remember the article he linked in the first paragraph, that he wrote.
The problem was with PSP, PS3, and PSVita owners. PS4 was never a problem.
It would eventually be a problem, when Sony decided to shut down PSN for the PS4, but that's not what they announced.
I'm surprised, techdirt isn't usually this badly wrong.
Honestly, I agree with this.
It made sense to make the argument for titles that already existed on the platform at the time the policy was enacted.
However this developer chose to knowingly publish a game that takes less time than the refund window that already existed at the time of development/publishing.
I don't have much sympathy for this developer, and I am a developer.
IIRC, Steam was forced into this policy kicking and screaming (due to consumer laws in AU I believe).
Epic chose to follow them, so arguably Epic is worse.
> that you refuse to make available legally
Well, not entirely true. They've tried before. The Wii had the "Virtual Console" where they made a selection of older games available. Though it was poorly implemented as it was locked to that specific console.
I still have all my SNES games, but sadly, my SNES died. Apparently one of the chips in there is faulted.
It wasn't intentional on Nintendo's part (afaik), but I can no longer play those games.
Even if the CMOS battery wasn't a problem, eventually the hardware will otherwise succumb to various faults and die.
That's the problem with consoles in general, and until they all go away, this will always be a problem, just different timing.
Without a reference to the information about the CMOS, this is conjecture.
The original TechDirt post said players will still be able to re-download already purchased games, just not buy new ones.
If they can still re-download games, it's reasonable to assume that check-in server will still work.
Article talks about some images, but doesn't show them in proper context.
It has a nice "clickbait-y" title, but then you need a legal degree to understand the contents.
The article is also opinionated, and hard to follow. I got through about the first page.
I've noticed this trend with TechDirt articles lately.
What I do know, is that copyrights last far too long, however their purpose is all too clear, it's so corporations can keep control forever.
Sadly, it removes a lot from our culture for generations.
But when it's instead one more indication that Google isn't fully committed to its own platform []
That's Google's MO. If you Google [Service], and expect them to keep that service around longer than a couple years at most, you are a fool.
Oddly, the only real exception to this is Google Voice. However I wonder if that's more because there's some sort of telecom regulation behind it, than anything else.
Maps I figure is still around because of the ad revenue.
How about no political advertising at all?
It will clearly be abused in the future, and further sow division.
Keeping it off social media indefinitely seems like the right solution to me.
Even given the massive amount of deference judges grant to "national security" arguments, courts remain unconvinced that forbidding someone from flying (and then refusing to even acknowledge this fact, much less given them a chance to challenge this determination) isn't a violation of their rights.
Since when is flying a constitutional right? Travel, sure; flying specifically, I don't buy it.
I'm actually okay with this.
Yes, there are problems with no-fly lists, but their existence alone doesn't bother me.
Besides, if non-colored people get added to the list, maybe the republicans might actually push to fix the problems with them.
Lol, I was actually going to say fork first, then changed it to spoon. As I remember you can stab people with a fork. I didn't think of the other uses for spoons.
Agreed.
This is like "someone assaulted someone with a spoon, ban all spoons!"
I'd argue that banning APNG is a quick solution to roll out for safety, until a proper filter is actually developed. However I'd only accept that if a better solution is being developed.
Though, I will say, like the user above, I'm surprised APNG actually works anywhere. Last time I looked into animated PNGs, MNG was the format being pushed. Which also didn't have good browser support.
The project owner made one simple mistake: mentioning it publicly before it was released.
Time after time, the 3rd party projects that get shut down are still in early development. The key is to keep quiet until it's done, announce and release it publicly, and that's that.
(untitled comment)
I first read that as "but Mickey is a mouse", then I was like "oh, Disney owns Pooh too?"
FCC doesn't regulate federal agencies
The FCC doesn't regulate federal agency use of spectrum, the NTIA does.
FAA doesn't have to listen to them (and legally can't).
Doesn't mean they're right though.
Consumer has choices
To paraphrase a recent statement made by Apple's CEO:
Yeah, just as ridiculous as the original.
Disclaimer: I have an Android device.
Regular readers?
What's a regular reader? I consume TechDirt via RSS exclusively, and this is the first time I've heard of this Amouranth person.
Re: Ummmm, PS4 support was NOT being killed.
There was never a concern for PS4 players. Timothy doesn't even remember the article he linked in the first paragraph, that he wrote.
The problem was with PSP, PS3, and PSVita owners. PS4 was never a problem.
It would eventually be a problem, when Sony decided to shut down PSN for the PS4, but that's not what they announced.
I'm surprised, techdirt isn't usually this badly wrong.
Re:
Honestly, I agree with this.
It made sense to make the argument for titles that already existed on the platform at the time the policy was enacted.
However this developer chose to knowingly publish a game that takes less time than the refund window that already existed at the time of development/publishing.
I don't have much sympathy for this developer, and I am a developer.
Re:
IIRC, Steam was forced into this policy kicking and screaming (due to consumer laws in AU I believe).
Epic chose to follow them, so arguably Epic is worse.
Re:
(untitled comment)
Ubisoft has been anti-customer for over a decade.
This won't change.
People will still buy their games.
(untitled comment)
Nothing I read in this article is "good" or "benign."
Unless these were government computers, the FBI doesn't belong there.
Re: Re: Citation Needed
I still have all my SNES games, but sadly, my SNES died. Apparently one of the chips in there is faulted.
It wasn't intentional on Nintendo's part (afaik), but I can no longer play those games.
Even if the CMOS battery wasn't a problem, eventually the hardware will otherwise succumb to various faults and die.
That's the problem with consoles in general, and until they all go away, this will always be a problem, just different timing.
Citation Needed
Without a reference to the information about the CMOS, this is conjecture.
The original TechDirt post said players will still be able to re-download already purchased games, just not buy new ones.
If they can still re-download games, it's reasonable to assume that check-in server will still work.
Citation or FUD.
(untitled comment)
Now this is a well written TechDirt article.
Anyway, I hope Nike loses.
(untitled comment)
Article talks about some images, but doesn't show them in proper context.
It has a nice "clickbait-y" title, but then you need a legal degree to understand the contents.
The article is also opinionated, and hard to follow. I got through about the first page.
I've noticed this trend with TechDirt articles lately.
What I do know, is that copyrights last far too long, however their purpose is all too clear, it's so corporations can keep control forever.
Sadly, it removes a lot from our culture for generations.
(untitled comment)
That's Google's MO. If you Google [Service], and expect them to keep that service around longer than a couple years at most, you are a fool.
Oddly, the only real exception to this is Google Voice. However I wonder if that's more because there's some sort of telecom regulation behind it, than anything else.
Maps I figure is still around because of the ad revenue.
How about no?
How about no political advertising at all?
It will clearly be abused in the future, and further sow division.
Keeping it off social media indefinitely seems like the right solution to me.
(untitled comment)
Since when is flying a constitutional right? Travel, sure; flying specifically, I don't buy it.
I'm actually okay with this.
Yes, there are problems with no-fly lists, but their existence alone doesn't bother me.
Besides, if non-colored people get added to the list, maybe the republicans might actually push to fix the problems with them.
Re: Spoons are already illegal
Lol, I was actually going to say fork first, then changed it to spoon. As I remember you can stab people with a fork. I didn't think of the other uses for spoons.
Re:
Agreed.
This is like "someone assaulted someone with a spoon, ban all spoons!"
I'd argue that banning APNG is a quick solution to roll out for safety, until a proper filter is actually developed. However I'd only accept that if a better solution is being developed.
Though, I will say, like the user above, I'm surprised APNG actually works anywhere. Last time I looked into animated PNGs, MNG was the format being pushed. Which also didn't have good browser support.
One mistake: Didn't keep quiet
The project owner made one simple mistake: mentioning it publicly before it was released.
Time after time, the 3rd party projects that get shut down are still in early development. The key is to keep quiet until it's done, announce and release it publicly, and that's that.
By then it's too late.
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