A mask ROM is a kind of read-only memory where the desired data is directly etched into a semiconductor during the same photolithographic process that actually makes a circuit out of a planar sheet of silicon. It’s pretty much hard-wired data storage, with an indefinite lifespan.
As far as I remember, Game Cards are not mask ROM. In other words, they’ll eventually lose their data and become e-waste anyhow.
This applies to both “real” Game Cards, and Game Key Cards. It’s already been a problem with the OG Switch.
Even with Game Key Cards, an actual, physical object has to be produced, at drastically higher marginal cost than what a purely digital license costs in production (basically nothing). And there is a secondary market, which doesn’t exist in the digital realm.
Essentially, I don’t see the reasoning behind counting them as digital. All the aspects that seem relevant to any publisher (and, to a first approximation, any user that isn’t a conservationist) make them identical to physical sales.
Just “encrypted”? Probably iMessage.
Anti-abuse measures such as this are generally designed to not provide that kind of feedback. The website developer is modeled to be an adversary, and you don’t volunteer valuable information on what has worked against your countermeasures, and what hasn’t, to your designated enemy.
Tello gives you a real (US though) number, E911 and all, for 5 USD a month. You get an eSIM you can activate from anywhere in the world via Wi-Fi Calling. Send and receive unlimited texts and get 100 minutes a month for the odd service that insists on verification calls rather than texts. I’ve had zero issues.
Like basically all cloud providers, Oracle publish their public-facing IP address ranges.
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/General/Concepts/addressranges.htm
Many services block these because, as you are pointing out, standing up VPN tunnel routing on a cloud instance is sort of trivial. Cloud providers publish these ranges specifically so anyone can block them easily. If lemmy.world is not blocking Oracle Cloud already, it’s only because they just haven’t come around to it.
Mullvad has a 30-day money back guarantee.
Apart from that, some payment methods (like crypto) allow transmitting arbitrary amounts. At least, paying for years in advance works without issue. You could pay a few cents and try it out, but be mindful of fees.
Almost all extensions will weaken your security posture. In fact off the top of my head there are basically only two kinds of extensions that could improve it:
Anything else is questionable at best. Maybe you could create browser profiles where you install extensions somewhat more liberally, with decreased expectation of safety.
When Squadron 42 finally comes out, it’ll just be considered commentary on contemporary issues. Basically like Job Simulator… in space
“I’m allowed to do this… This place is literally named Chinatown”
I don’t think anyone who has actually played the Famicom original can realistically dispute that BotW is a far better implementation of the fundamental concepts of Zelda than all the games that came after it up until BotW entered the chat. I like LttP and OoT as much as the next guy, but let’s not kid ourselves, BotW is the only successor to OG Zelda.
Maybe check out Monster Train. That one also landed on Arcade pretty recently.
Hopefully, it sold more on consoles. Otherwise, numbers like this could kill a fledgling studio outright.
This is so, so phenomenally inappropriate, that it’s frankly impressive.
Poor child. Imagine that happening to you every two hours.
There’s no easy answer to your questions. It depends on what threats you’re trying to defend against. If your primary concern is adversarial law enforcement with Cellebrite et al., a current iPhone, especially with Lockdown Mode enabled, is certainly the next best thing to Graphene that we have.
Personally, I have access to Private Relay, but never use it. That’s not because I don’t trust it, but because I only ever use VPNs to spoof my GeoIP. And you can’t do that with Private Relay.