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390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Selfish chuds were routinely bypassing download limits

Huh?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    RTFA

    In the past several months, many specialized download managers were created that completely bypassed the site, donation messages, and download protections. Some of these download managers locked certain features behind a paywall that required users to pay in order to gain access. The use of Myrient for commercial, for-profit purposes has always been strictly forbidden. Such egregious and abusive usage of the site cannot be tolerated anymore.

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