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Xbox Outage Blocked Disc Games You Already Own
10+ hour, 42+ min ago (595+ words) ← Front / Tech Freedom Players who owned games on disc got the same license error as digital users, because the Xbox verifies each disc online before it spins. Around 11 PM, Eastern time, on Sunday, a server in a data center somewhere…...
Apple Loses EU App Store Gatekeeper Appeal
2+ week, 4+ day ago (503+ words) ← Front / Tech Freedom Apple tried to convince a European court that one App Store was secretly five. Apple spent years arguing that the App Store on your iPhone is somehow five different stores, and a European court has now told…...
Sony Kills the PlayStation Disc
3+ week, 5+ day ago (408+ words) ← Front / Antitrust Sony just decided that “owning” a PlayStation game is a privilege it can revoke. The company calls this a response to what buyers already want. “This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer…...
Discord's New Face-Scan Vendor Comes with a Familiar Promise
3+ week, 6+ day ago (449+ words) ← Front / Privacy The service that once asked for nothing but a username now wants your face and your government ID. Discord has a new company handling your face and your government ID, and it is making the same privacy promises…...
Google Opens Android App Distribution, Cuts Play Store Fees After Epic Antitrust Loss
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (859+ words) Google lost in court, lost on appeal, lost at the Supreme Court, and is now describing the result as something it chose to do. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. Google has spent years deciding what software…...