The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games
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Campaign video to stop games from being destroyed! It's being done in a few ways, owners of the game "The Crew" can help especially. There are more worldwi...
  • dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    Didnt watch this specific video, but the solution seems simple to me. Just release the server software. Bonus points to open source it.

    • Martin@feddit.nu
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      6 months ago

      I agree with this but I suspect that a lot of the backend is dependent on other in-house infrastructure so it’s not as easy as most people think.

      • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Worse, it might depend on licensed infrastructure. Maybe a company can stand giving away their proprietary server, but they can’t legally give away a library toolkit they purchased a $300,000 non-transferable license for. That kind of middleware is extremely common in the industry.