Why don’t more devs just stay anonymous and send fuck yous to lawfirms
if the law firm found them, they’re not anonymous anymore.
How are they going to distribute something while being anonymous?
Without even thinking: open source public code repository, p2p networks like torrents.
You should probably think a little more. Public code repos are not anonymous. And torrents require some form of advertising to even know they exist.
Public code repos are not anonymous
They can be. Throwaway account on hosted git service, connected through anonymity service (TOR, VPN…).
And torrents require some form of advertising
Many indexers are anonymous, a magnet link on a forum or even a site like lemmy is good enough.
I’m not going to argue about the semantics of anonymity on the internet. If you want to stay hidden enough to distribute a mod and not be found out who you are, you can do it. Its not that difficult.
Tor?
This is honestly a valid question. We live in a time where even if what you are doing is in the boundaries of the law you may have to protect your identity to avoid the threat of lawsuit.
This is a good example. Paid for the game but don’t want it to be always online or whatknot? Don’t go tampering with EA’s game you naughty boy/girl.
I think about the times I’ve downloaded mods for games like the original Dawn of War or Star Wars Empire at war. Legality was never a question especially since those mods were still in-universe in those franchises but now licensing agreements mixed with more hostile and litigious publishers could make you a target for lawsuit.
Might want to back it up if this is something that interests you. Never know when it’ll be shut down.
Biggest boon here is it seems to work on Linux with this mod. I can finally play it!
I’ve been waiting for 15 years to pay full price for Skate 4. They never gave it to us.
Not sure what it was about the new game that just didn’t pull me in.
It was definitely Skate 4 being live service and my absolute boycott of anything EA touches that kept me away from Skate 4. If you still want something that plays like Skate 1 and 2, you should definitely give Session. Skate Sim a try
This is the way…
I haven’t played a skating game since the old Tony Hawk games. Honestly, this is tempting me to buy Skate.
Is anyone here actually playing the mod?
