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People that bought Resident Evil iOS ports are pissed that now there's a mandatory DRM online check at launch. Punish only the idiot customer who paid $150 and can't play, when pirates laugh at that (www.engadget.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Many users bought Resident evil for iOS because it was working offline. Perfect for long trips. But a new update adds a mandatory DRM online check at start-up.

I wrote bought, but actually the word is rented. One day Capcom stops updating the games (and this is 100% guaranteed) and a few years later the "owner" gets "This app needs to be updated to run on this iPhone"

Meanwhile, people who pirated a cracked ipa, don't get any issue in playing the game offline. DRM exclusively hurts the paying customers.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Well, fuck Capcom I guess.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Your a massive a-hole if you get amusement out of people getting screwed out of not being able to use a product they paid to use.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not laughing at the paying customers but laughing at Capcom.

This move is completely ineffective against pirates (previous IPA already available; future IPA will be just cracked)

Not to mention how hard and inconvenient is to jailbreak a modern iPhone.

Japanese companies watching their IP with the same eyes of Gollum watching the Ring

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not laughing at the paying customers

You literally changed the title so you could call them idiots.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

idiot in the eyes of Capcom. For them, they're gullible people that need to be milked. Who cares if they can't access what they paid for?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago

Agree.