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Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV (9to5google.com)

submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The point I was trying to make is that at some point it’ll be impossible or nearly impossible to do piracy

Piracy has always been illegal, and has always happened anyway. There is no way to make it impossible. Even Denuvo, the currently best anti-piracy measure, can be cracked and makes the experience worse for paying customers.

you need to fight by other ways than just piracy, like getting the right laws passed.

I don't live in the country that needs to pass those laws.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Piracy has always been illegal, and has always happened anyway. There is no way to make it impossible

I hope you're right, but I wouldn't be so confident in that. As time goes on, and they bake more of the DRM into the hardware directly, it'll be harder to circumvent (for the common person at the very least).

For example, the Sony PlayStation used to be very hackable, now it's not (last time I checked).

I don’t live in the country that needs to pass those laws.

I would imagine that, as the world gets more International and interconnected, that might change, at some point the future. If it doesn't, then good for you.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope you’re right, but I wouldn’t be so confident in that. As time goes on, and they bake more of the DRM into the hardware directly, it’ll be harder to circumvent (for the common person at the very least).

This is talking about a Fires TV: TV shows and movies. I've yet to experience a streaming service with required hardware and baked in DRM.

For example, the Sony PlayStation used to be very hackable, now it’s not (last time I checked).

PS1 required acquiring a physical chip and making physical changes to the device. PS5 can be jail-broken through software alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSJ8DKijRzA

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