Comment on Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM

NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Data mining, baby! It’s worth more than gold.

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• KeenFlame@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Anti cheat (it’s actually anti piracy which is not possible also they oops sell massive data dumps for cash oops)

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• victorz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honestly also curious why this is necessary.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ah, it’s in the article.

    To top it all off, Shadows’ EULA also includes a provision that allows the game to monitor your PC’s RAM to ensure you’re not running any unauthorized programs like macros, cheats, or hacks, a well-intentioned clause that nonetheless feels a touch out of place in a single-player game and could potentially scare off some of the more suspicious players who aren’t comfortable with their hardware being monitored.

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      WTF do they care if you’re modding your own single player game that you paid for? They sound like assholes!

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      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Micro transactions

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      • GhiLA@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        …th…they are.

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Is there maybe an online multiplayer component to the game which might otherwise experience cheating? I dunno. 🤷‍♂️

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    • UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      unauthorized programs

      No one gets to authorize programs to run on my PC but me.

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s honestly very odd that it needs to do this for a single-player game.

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