inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days agoHumble Bundle's revoked all those Indiana Jones keys it gave away for free (even if it was already in your Steam library)www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmit.online
arrow-up1150arrow-down1external-linkHumble Bundle's revoked all those Indiana Jones keys it gave away for free (even if it was already in your Steam library)www.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmit.online
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down87·11 days agoHow is this not a scam? Also, blockchain would solve this issue/risk
minus-squareRxBrad@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down5·11 days agoI feel like you struggled with your phrasing. I’ll help. “Blockchain is a scam.”
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·11 days agoHow? They could still revoke the key. You can say HWG5NJ-1YJCTU-RZPDFH all you want, if Steam says no, you’re equally SOL.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down2·11 days agoScam? That thing is mislabeled as “free”, people grabbed it for exactly $0, then the license of that key got pulled. No transaction happen in this case.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·10 days agoThe only thing the blockchain has solved is, uh, well what have it actually “solved”?
minus-squareCpo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoIt just a slow and energy hungry way of keeping records. It is indeed not the silver bullet some people make it.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoA bad way to keep records too as it’s immutable.
How is this not a scam?
Also, blockchain would solve this issue/risk
I feel like you struggled with your phrasing. I’ll help.
“Blockchain is a scam.”
How? They could still revoke the key. You can say HWG5NJ-1YJCTU-RZPDFH all you want, if Steam says no, you’re equally SOL.
Scam? That thing is mislabeled as “free”, people grabbed it for exactly $0, then the license of that key got pulled. No transaction happen in this case.
The only thing the blockchain has solved is, uh, well what have it actually “solved”?
It just a slow and energy hungry way of keeping records. It is indeed not the silver bullet some people make it.
A bad way to keep records too as it’s immutable.
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