Any solutions for people whose VPNs do not offer port forwarding?

I did the opposite and also can’t remember why I did it.

I think you’ve got cooler friends than I do.

Much like international waters, its always required a bit of watching out for your own well being.

Maybe this is the use case I’m not understanding. Do many people have servers that they just keep software they’re not using on? I mean this makes sense with movies and maybe music, but I feel like I’ve never heard of this with games and such.

I’m having a very hard time understanding what this does for me that lutris doesn’t already.

I should be clear that I don’t think supply and demand are immovable levers by which the world economy does or should work. I also don’t believe there’s only one person with the ability to do this. If they stop, I’m left to assume one of the eight billion people on this rock with the time and talent and resources to do this will.

And if they don’t then I’m just going to have to deal with it because this is internet piracy, my dude. But there’s no world in which I’m going to defend what empress does as a vital public service. I think I would prefer that they stop and get help, but I don’t expect that to happen.

If the second one is true, even in a subjective sense, I’m honestly just impressed. I mean, if it works, it works.

Demand is what causes Supply. Somewhere out there is someone with the skill to crack Denuvo, but no need to, because this lunatic is already doing it. And being the competition means being on empress’ radar, which is really something a sane person would not want.

You can be casual about it, but I don’t think it’s a hobby to seek to understand something that you’re very nearly forced to coexist with. I have to acknowledge there’s ideology behind statements like this, but it’s more analogous to knowing your enemy’s capabilities. It’s a necessary prerequisite to forming an effective defense.

But I’ve come to understand many people don’t share my antagonistic mindset. That’s fine, but they should still understand the interactions they’re having with these systems in even just the vaguest terms, because the effect on their lives is very tangible.

Because Windows is known to be malicious spyware, and you should consider not tolerating it any longer.

Perfectly valid. I used to use TPB a lot back in the day but now I find pretty much everything I want on 1337x.

I wouldn’t deny or argue that. I was under the impression that it just had more pitfalls than other sources these days, which led to it no longer being the go-to source it once was.

I don’t think TPB is strictly recommended for anything anymore, I could be out of the loop on that.