In case some folks may have forgotten:
"The Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal concerns the copy protection measures included by Sony BMG on compact discs in 2005. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software that provided a form of digital rights management (DRM) by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Neither program could easily be uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware. One of the programs would install and "phone home" with reports on the user's private listening habits, even if the user refused its end-user license agreement (EULA), while the other was not mentioned in the EULA at all. Both programs contained code from several pieces of copylefted free software in an apparent infringement of copyright, and configured the operating system to hide the software's existence, leading to both programs being classified as rootkits.

Sony BMG initially denied that the rootkits were harmful. It then released an uninstaller for one of the programs that merely made the program's files visible while also installing additional software that could not be easily removed, collected an email address from the user and introduced further security vulnerabilities.

Following public outcry, government investigations and class-action lawsuits in 2005 and 2006, Sony BMG partially addressed the scandal with consumer settlements, a recall of about 10% of the affected CDs and the suspension of CD copy-protection efforts in early 2007."
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

This was an absolutely nasty piece of work. I worked in Computer Repair for a small neighnorhood shop back in those days. Removal of this rootkit was nigh impossible. Caused BSoDs. The only real way to deal with it was to remove the drive, recover any data from it from a different system, and the do a compl;ete reinstall of the OS, along with a warning and a printout of info concerning the Sony rootkit, and letting them know that latest hot CD burning up the charts was the cause of their woes.

I won't use any recreational software that needs kernel-level access.

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I would like to remind everyone that Blizzard exists in name only. They were bought out by Activision back during the latter part of the Wrath of the Lich King WoW expansion and Bobby Kotick is responsible for these types of shenanigans.

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Quoting: taisph<snip>

Oh, and every 535 update so far hangs both my laptop and my workstation on a black screen during apt update.

^this.

the last 2 driver updates this has happened to me. eventually my 2 displays say "no signal". i have to wait awhile and then hard reset my PC via power reset button and cross my fingers i have a login display manager.

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I wish to win a key because i'm a game hoarder with 2.8TB of steam games alone, and i need it to help me fill my 16TB nvme ssd raid 0 array.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: iwantlinuxgames

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Ha ha, I think I recently saw something that showed it wasn't Kool-Aid they drank, but actually was a rip off one.

https://www.woot.com/blog/post/the-debunker-did-the-jonestown-cultists-drink-the-kool-aid

QuoteBut here's the detail that most people don't know: the 907 people who died of cyanide poisoning at Jonestown did not ingest the poison in Kool-Aid. Instead, Jones's aids mixed up the fatal cocktail in metal drums of grape Flavor Aid, Kool-Aid's cheaper competitor. Somehow Flavor Aid escaped unscathed from this public relations nightmare, with Kool-Aid taking the hit instead. The Kraft brand seems to be doing okay though, still selling over $300 million worth of its fruity powders every year.

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sure, it's possible....
but brand names very often become "a thing":

let me google that
pass me a kleenex
i need a band-aid
this floor could use a good hoovering(bonus points to anyone who gets that reference)

i just noticed there was alot of Corporate Overlord Propaganda Flavored Kool-Aid on offer here and i wanted to make sure others had more flavors to choose from.

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Quoting: elmapul

Quoting: oldominionWhat anti-cheat is WoW using? I mean we can play it for years on Linux without problems and there is competetive gaming too in the PvP area.

we cant play in the official servers

O_o

yes we can.....i've played wow with wine since 2008 with no issues...in fact i'm playing wow classic right now....on Mankrik

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sweet! just tried it out...very nice.....such a bitch to get the twitch app running with wine.....thanks for the article on this :D

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Quoting: LeopardAny new Linux background noise supressor released

Liam: Hammer Time!

i'm just gonna leave this right here

link

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