lerky @ lerky @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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That's what depresses me most regarding stunts like this: it does work on a portion of the populace.

I wasn't aware it was going to be an MMO, super cool energy you've brought though.

My impression had been that it was going to do the same nonsense that the THPS 1+2 remake did. An MMO is far worse, though given your response I suppose bringing up the absurdity of turning a historically singleplayer (and sometimes optionally multiplayer) series/genre into a 99%-likely-to-fail boondoggle is moot.

Also, it's neither here nor there but just to be pedantic there actually are a few (though admittedly rare) examples of games that had MMO modes in addition to full singleplayer versions. Hellgate: London comes to mind, as do some ARPGs depending on how you want to define MMO.

Last I heard it was going to require a persistent internet connection anyways, so just another coffin nail for me (assuming that's still the case).

Many of its mechanisms effectively forced entire industries to require a ton more identification, record-keeping, and access by law enforcement... particularly financial and telecom companies. Or at least that's how courts and corporate lawyers ultimately interpreted it. Potato, potato.

Though you are right that the act itself was not reauthorized in 2020. I must have missed the final vote, after its initial passage. That said, plenty of its impacts remain as they've been spun off into their own bits of legislation. I suppose "post-Patriot-Act America" would have been more accurate for me to say. Apologies!

Sounds like good ol' too-good-to-be-true honeytrappery to me, but that's pure knee-jerk speculation on my part. Army+Palantir = massive alarm bells in my book, and Proton has a growing number of issues that have tainted their reputation.

I also don't know how it would even be possible to legally operate a privacy-centric carrier in the US given the requirements of the Patriot Act/etc. To say nothing of how deeply intertwined they all are with alphabet agencies and data brokers.

At the very least I'd use extreme caution and operate under the assumption that they're not being 100% truthful.

They'll fall in line, they always do. There is no bottom.