Fortunately that doesn't work.
Even if Musk totally shut down Twitter, then opened an identical platform named X, the contracts Twitter held are still enforceable under the law.
There might be stipulations in the contracts where severance isn't payable if the company fails, but if I remember correctly, this severance is something mandated by state law, and not just a contractual perk.
So bottom line, Musk is liable unless his lawyers are able to worm their way into a settlement.
It really is a big move, since it likely cost them millions in early sales.
I probably would have bought it already if I couldn't find a crack, but now I can pirate and wait for a nice sale.
I'm sure I'm not the only one.
You can just click the checkbox for "Copy crack to install directory" to get the installer to do everything for you.
I'm not sure why that isn't the default.
And also, the "early access" is just a way to get people to pay more for the game in the first week.
By all reasonable standards, the game has been fully released.
"Pre-ordering piracy"... What does that even mean?
If they used SMS those records are still around.
Or did they use something else?
WinAeroTweaker will let you decide what junk you want to disable.
Eh, I would support blocks on that. [Porn]
Okay, so lets build all the infrastructure and technology to block porn in the most effective way possible.
And I pinky winky promise to never use that technology to silence my political opponents.
Just think of the children.
And the thing is, there are open source internet browsers that can be written to avoid any browser checks that a law might require.
However, if Google's browser DRM gets widely implemented, a browser-side content blocker would be effective, because all those open source browsers would be unable to access the wider web.
I think if Big Brother Browser with Google DRM is our future, we're going to see people using 2 browsers as standard. They'll have one "corporate" internet browser, for Instagram, Amazon, whatever. And one "free" browser for all the grey area stuff.
Twitter was already struggling with nearly unfettered access to every internet-connected user. (sans heavily censored countries)
If Musk cut off 25%-50% of users, the platform, which relies on eyeballs seeing advertisements, would certainly spiral into oblivion.
That is legitimately a problem.
For some reason, YouTube's algorithm heavily favors extremist content if you show even a casual interest in related material.
It's probably as simple as "shocking content gets more clicks", but still, it's not good for our society to have entertainment platforms recommending extremist views.
In the old days, you'd have to seek out this kind of fringe content on your own. And you'd get pushback from your community if you started talking nonsense.
Nowadays, my aunt is getting blasted with reptilian democrat stuff after showing an interest in typical conservative lady content years ago. And there is not much of a community left to help her out. The algorithms just amplify all the worst shit.
The son's name was Fred Finger, and he died unmarried in his 40's due to complications from AIDS.
The guy above was joking.