all.html malware-games.html proprietary.html proprietary-obsolesc...

[Diff Report]

Modified:

    all.html
    malware-games.html
    proprietary.html
    proprietary-obsolescence.html
    proprietary-sabotage.html
    proprietary-tethers.html

diff -rNU2 all.html all.html
--- all.html    2022-05-03 04:02:20.675442494 +0000
+++ all.html    2022-05-09 04:02:31.140743915 +0000
@@ -43,4 +43,14 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+<!--#set var='ADD' value='2022-05-08' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2016-03-06' 
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo 
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> &mdash; Latest 
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB' 
--></small>
+    <p>Electronic Arts <a
+    href="https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/darkspore-servers-shut-down";>made
+    one of its games permanently unplayable</a> by shutting down its
+    servers. This game was heavily reliant on the company's servers,
+    and because the software is proprietary, users can't modify it to
+    make it connect to some other server. If the game were free, people
+    could still play what they purchased.</p>
+  </li>
+
 <!--#set var='ADD' value='2022-04-19' --><!--#set var='PUB' value='2022-04-04' 
--><li><small class='date-tag'>Added: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo 
encoding='none' var='ADD' --><span class="gnun-split"></span> &mdash; Latest 
reference: <span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#echo encoding='none' var='PUB' 
--></small>
     <p>New Amazon worker chat app <a
@@ -2675,5 +2685,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/05/01 09:01:52 $
+$Date: 2022/05/08 13:20:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 malware-games.html malware-games.html
--- malware-games.html  2022-05-03 04:02:20.695442525 +0000
+++ malware-games.html  2022-05-09 04:02:31.156743943 +0000
@@ -290,4 +290,16 @@
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201603060">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Electronic Arts <a
+    href="https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/darkspore-servers-shut-down";>made
+    one of its games permanently unplayable</a> by shutting down its
+    servers. This game was heavily reliant on the company's servers,
+    and because the software is proprietary, users can't modify it to
+    make it connect to some other server. If the game were free, people
+    could still play what they purchased.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201512290">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2015-12</small>'
@@ -484,5 +496,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/04/13 07:56:41 $
+$Date: 2022/05/08 13:20:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2022-05-03 04:02:20.727442575 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2022-05-09 04:02:31.196744015 +0000
@@ -190,4 +190,16 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201603060">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Electronic Arts <a
+    href="https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/darkspore-servers-shut-down";>made
+    one of its games permanently unplayable</a> by shutting down its
+    servers. This game was heavily reliant on the company's servers,
+    and because the software is proprietary, users can't modify it to
+    make it connect to some other server. If the game were free, people
+    could still play what they purchased.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202204040">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-04</small>'
@@ -230,14 +242,4 @@
     they are tethered to company servers</a>.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202202151">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-02</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>Honorlock set a network of fake test answer
-    honeypot sites, tempting people to get exam answers, but <a
-    
href="https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2022/02/15/a-network-of-fake-test-answer-sites-is-trying-to-incriminate-students";>that
-    is a way to entrap students, so as to identify them and punish
-    them</a>, using nonfree JS code to identify them.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 <p class="button right-align">
@@ -302,5 +304,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/05/02 15:35:47 $
+$Date: 2022/05/08 13:20:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-obsolescence.html proprietary-obsolescence.html
--- proprietary-obsolescence.html       2022-05-03 04:02:20.743442599 +0000
+++ proprietary-obsolescence.html       2022-05-09 04:02:31.212744043 +0000
@@ -142,4 +142,16 @@
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201603060">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Electronic Arts <a
+    href="https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/darkspore-servers-shut-down";>made
+    one of its games permanently unplayable</a> by shutting down its
+    servers. This game was heavily reliant on the company's servers,
+    and because the software is proprietary, users can't modify it to
+    make it connect to some other server. If the game were free, people
+    could still play what they purchased.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201601100">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-01</small>'
@@ -227,5 +239,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/04/13 07:56:42 $
+$Date: 2022/05/08 13:20:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-sabotage.html proprietary-sabotage.html
--- proprietary-sabotage.html   2022-05-03 04:02:20.747442606 +0000
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html   2022-05-09 04:02:31.216744050 +0000
@@ -565,4 +565,16 @@
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201603060">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Electronic Arts <a
+    href="https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/darkspore-servers-shut-down";>made
+    one of its games permanently unplayable</a> by shutting down its
+    servers. This game was heavily reliant on the company's servers,
+    and because the software is proprietary, users can't modify it to
+    make it connect to some other server. If the game were free, people
+    could still play what they purchased.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201602050">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-02</small>'
@@ -870,5 +882,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/04/13 07:56:42 $
+$Date: 2022/05/08 13:20:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-tethers.html proprietary-tethers.html
--- proprietary-tethers.html    2022-05-03 04:02:20.755442618 +0000
+++ proprietary-tethers.html    2022-05-09 04:02:31.224744065 +0000
@@ -348,4 +348,16 @@
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201603060">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2016-03</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>Electronic Arts <a
+    href="https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/darkspore-servers-shut-down";>made
+    one of its games permanently unplayable</a> by shutting down its
+    servers. This game was heavily reliant on the company's servers,
+    and because the software is proprietary, users can't modify it to
+    make it connect to some other server. If the game were free, people
+    could still play what they purchased.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201305100">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2013-05</small>'
@@ -416,5 +428,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/04/13 08:51:18 $
+$Date: 2022/05/08 13:20:38 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>