Rockstar Games’ servers have been under heavy fire from massive DDoS attacks in recent days, causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online. These attacks come in the wake of Rockstar’s recent implementation of BattlEye, a new anti-cheat system designed to crack down on in-game cheating, sparking backlash from a segment of the player base. Protesters, unhappy with the new system, have resorted to using distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt the servers, escalating tensions between the gaming giant and its community.

  • tabular@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Have you tried not buying something in protest? If so have you noticed they keep selling it anyway and you have no alternative? Not giving them money isn’t enough.

    I’m not a fan of DoSA as it’s rather strongarm but at least this actually sends a message to them AND other users.

    I’m not interested in having to fight anti-features to play what I paid for, but at least circumventing it sends a message.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 minutes ago

      if so have you noticed they keep selling it anyway and you have no alternative?

      You seem to have missed the point. The alternative is not playing the game at all.

      Be an adult, have some self-control.