inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years 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-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down15file-text
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 · 2 years agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareRxBrad@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down5·2 years agoI feel like you struggled with your phrasing. I’ll help. “Blockchain is a scam.”
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eeBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 years 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-down2·2 years 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-up23·2 years agoThe only thing the blockchain has solved is, uh, well what have it actually “solved”?
minus-squareCpo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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-up3·2 years agoA bad way to keep records too as it’s immutable.
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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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