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[–] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Microsoft account DRM isn't enough for you?

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Ah yes, the famous DRM.

Some launchers allow you to play fully offline, but only after you've authenticated and started the game at least once with a real Microsoft account. The launcher has a sophisticated validation mechanism to ensure this: a single boolean value stored in a JSON file. Set that to true and you're good to go.

[–] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And yet the Microsoft account migration which can be easily defeated by a JSON file according to you has attracted a class action lawsuit. Curious. Almost as if circumventing it is not my point.

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Do you know what the lawsuit is about? Or what drm is?

[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think Prism launcher actually disabled this in the newer versions? Please correct me if I'm wrong because I really don't wanna give microsoft any more money

[–] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Official Prism requires you to sign in with a Microsoft account at least once. But since Prism is open source, you can also download unofficial builds with no Microsoft anything whatsoever.