ayla [she/her]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 months agoDiscord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire serverswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down10
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkDiscord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire serverswww.theverge.comayla [she/her]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 months agomessage-square134fedilink
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoI mean Nintendo would nuke the forums too. Their lawyers don’t fuck around. They’re as bad as Disney. Unless you’re a forum hosted in someplace like the Netherlands or Russia you’re in range for Nintendo’s nukes.
minus-square4dpuzzle@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 months agoYou’d at least get a chance to migrate if you do daily backups. Not so with Discord.
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoThats not what happens with a nuke - they threaten the owner and take everything: backups included.
minus-square4dpuzzle@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoThat’s why you don’t backup on the same provider. You can always backup to the local system with encryption. And they can’t attack the owner in every jurisdiction.
minus-squareZworf@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoThe Netherlands is extremely docile to big business interests.
I mean Nintendo would nuke the forums too.
Their lawyers don’t fuck around. They’re as bad as Disney.
Unless you’re a forum hosted in someplace like the Netherlands or Russia you’re in range for Nintendo’s nukes.
You’d at least get a chance to migrate if you do daily backups. Not so with Discord.
Thats not what happens with a nuke - they threaten the owner and take everything: backups included.
That’s why you don’t backup on the same provider. You can always backup to the local system with encryption. And they can’t attack the owner in every jurisdiction.
The Netherlands is extremely docile to big business interests.