BuckoA51 wrote:Extensive it may be, but respectable... yeah right, there's never been a virus in a GameCopyWorld file has there?
I never had one. That is not to say that they don't exist, but have you encountered actual malware there (and not just an AV false-positive?) or are you just assuming that cracks always have to go hand-to-hand with malware?
BuckoA51 wrote:and the half dozen pop ups for porn, get rich schemes and whatnot that you get every time you click a download on there are done by the most reputable advertisers and can't possibly have drive-by malware or anything else in them.
Ads are ads. I browse the web with an Ad blocker, so I never see most of them. One can also use their "family-safe" GameCopyWorld.eu mirror, the ads there are of less "adult" nature.
BuckoA51 wrote:Certainly not in my experience, pirates usually only play their games for a little while, then go onto the next free booty they downloaded. Cracking groups often lose interest by about the second patch, and later versions are never cracked at all.
Your presumption as to what pirates usually do as insulting as it is untrue. 😀 And remember that no-CD cracks serve the interest of not only pirates, but also legitimate users who want convenience and not hassle. I've certainly applied noCD cracks to my legitimately purchased games.
In any case, my experience has been quite opposite, at least when it comes to Windows-era games, which are the only games for which SafeDisc may be relevant.
Plus, going back on topic: like I said, noCD cracks are really not the only workaround, and if you fear them so, you can simply avoid the update or activate the driver manually. And as for Win10 - well, again like I said, no software developer is legally required to maintain compatibility with all legacy features and all legacy software. Especially when you are not forced to upgrade.
Silanda wrote:Perhaps our ire should be aimed instead at Adobe, who are the ones who should provide a fixed driver (like they did for another flaw back in 2007).
While Adobe's software in general is mostly security holes and some features on top of them, I think that Macrovision, who is responsible for SafeDisc, is not Macromedia, and has no ties to Adobe. 😀
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