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Going through the process of rebuilding the PC and went to get the latest mega client, so did a google search...

 

Its been actively removed from googles search results...

 

- https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mega+cloud+storage&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=l_oVWdqqDYeQgAb99Z5w#q=MEGAsync

- https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=MEGAsync&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=CvsVWazbFoGIgAb6yIaIBw

 

Do the same search on DuckDuck and its the first result.

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I just use Bing for this exact reason.

 

 

They are amazing for porn, let me tell you[.

 

Not even joking

 

 

I like to record difficult stealth games, and right now you wonderful people are the only ones delivering on that front.

Click here for the crappy channel where that happens.

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Yes, you're right. The suckage factor of the Google search Engine has been increasing in recent years. Not only do they censor the web for the Music and Film Industry Association of America, but "Google Instant" is annoying as hell. Also, you can't just right-click links and copy them anymore, because they route you through Google when you click on a result, so that they can see which results you are actually clicking!

 

Luckily, there are alternatives. Duckduckgo is mostly good, as is startpage.com or searx.me

 

Hey Google, if I wanted a censored web, I would move to China.

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Any search engine provider is censoring search results. Or do you want to find child porn, or Djihad sites in your search results? It's also a bit ridiculous, if i search for a software, and get 10 sites on the first search page, which link to illegal warez and cracks sites. So, i'm kind of grateful, that search engines filter some crap out, before i get for me useful, and relevant results.

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I don't want to find that stuff, but I use MEGA to backup my stuff, including quite a lot of game- and work-related materials. It is a legit service by an entrepreneur I trust more than I do large corporations.

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I don't want to find that stuff, but I use MEGA to backup my stuff, including quite a lot of game- and work-related materials. It is a legit service by an entrepreneur I trust more than I do large corporations.

 

Really? Thought he was responsible for Megaupload, and the sharing of masses of copyrighted material he refused to take off the net. To me, that guy is one the most shady guys on the net.

 

Anyway, i don't know why Google wouldn't show Mega. Maybe there are legal issues again, and Google wants to exclude it from the searches due to that, I don't know. Don't see the issue though, the Google search brigns up the Wiki entry of Mega, with the respective links to the site, and on the site, there are links to the client, obviously. But, i guess the point, once again, was pointing out the evil mechanisms of a big corporate, blocking shady sites, like Kim Dotcom's site.

 

BTW, Googling for "Mega filesharing" brings up this: https://www.google.de/search?q=mega&oq=mega&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i65j69i60j0l3.574j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=mega+filesharing

 

So, nope, no blocking. Just a wrong search term, i guess. It's still a shady site, and a shady business.

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Time for a little chit chat with Mr. Metacrawler. :D

 

Well, i don't know. Maybe "mega" is a too common, and general search term. Actually, i wouldn't even totally want to count out that Google wants to exclude Mega from the search, after all, they do a lot of money with the the ad partners who get ripped off on filesharing sites every day. After all, that's their daily business, and that's what they're doing. It would surprise me though, as it hasn't happened before, and, besides, they also live from people using their search engine, and maybe filesharing sites also have Google Ads on their site.

 

Even their own services, Youtube for example, are infested with warez and crackz, and, sometimes, when i Google for an audio plugin (i'm into doing music with the computer), the first 4 or 5 results on Google are Youtube vids showing how to install a cracked version of the plugin, with links to the sites containing them. Seriously pisses me off, especially when i see how small businesses try to survive in the audio plugin business. And Google doesn't actually do much to get rid of that stuff. How would they actually, it's like a hydra, you cut off one head, and 5 new ones appear (and they only react on complaints from the copyright owners anyway). That's also why i have a certain bias towards file sharing sites. They're great for hosting your files, sure, but, they're usually infested by people abusing them, and the hosters know exactly what's going on, but they do nothing, because they live from that kind of business.

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Any search engine provider is censoring search results.

These are two very different extremes, and you know it. It is not the job of Google to police the Internet for companies whose business model is based on screwing over paying consumers. For example, I purchased more than a few games which won't work on modern computers without "unofficial patches" thanks to their DRM that they shipped with. And the publishers provided no official updates to solve this problem. The only ways to make the game work on modern equipment are to buy it again, or use .exes from the "warez" scene. So I have precisely zero respect for any of these people for putting me in this situation after handing them money.

 

This has nothing to do with truly evil stuff, like terrorism, this is about not censoring the web for commercial interests whose only mission is to corner the market and invent new methods of screwing me over while doing it.

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Sounds more like a first world problem to me. There's thousands of alternatives starting with Google Drive, to OneDrive to anything. Mega had some legal problems if I'm not mistaken as well as some other similar service the name of which my mind is slipping on. Anyway PirateBay or any other such service has not done anything that useful for this world unless you live in the third world or are too poor if you need a moral justification for piracy and whatnot.

 

The one who searches finds I guess. That's why these services are free. They have policies of their own too after all. Otherwise Google hadn't carried on to this day.

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For example, I purchased more than a few games which won't work on modern computers without "unofficial patches" thanks to their DRM that they shipped with. And the publishers provided no official updates to solve this problem. The only ways to make the game work on modern equipment are to buy it again, or use .exes from the "warez" scene. So I have precisely zero respect for any of these people for putting me in this situation after handing them money.

 

That is about the only scenario i'd even touch a no-cd these days. But, it's absolutely no excuse for piracy. Especially as in many cases, the games developers just buy into a copy protection scheme, and if the company who develops the copy protection goes bankrupt, or out of business, then there's a problem. But, who created the problem in the first place? True, pirates. So, say thank you to them. And to the "i want everything for free" mentality.

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But, who created the problem in the first place? True, pirates. So, say thank you to them. And to the "i want everything for free" mentality.

Nope, as a former paying fan, the industry created the problem for me to deal with. Its true that the industry may have designed the DRM cannon to fend off pirates, but the pirates always manage to sidestep the DRM cannon balls. Most games are broken immediately upon release, if not shortly thereafter. The only guy who is actually affected in this scenario is me, the one who bought the game and still wants to enjoy it on modern equipment without doing anything questionable. The publishers could provide patches, but they actively choose not to, in the hopes of drumming up more sales. Thus, all of the new DRM free versions on Gog and the like. They have patches, they just won't release them. So my personal attitude is "fuck them, the only mistake that I made was supporting them in the first place".

 

Now, they are trying to censor the web to prop up their business model of treating fans like dirt. In addition to this, publishers use modern DRM (like Steam) as a tool to rob me of my fundamental rights to buy and sell used goods, which has been a staple of humanity for centuries. Publishers are attacking my basic liberties at this point, so as I've gotten older, I've figured out who the actual "bad guys" are, and it ain't a bunch of "freeloaders".

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No In addition to this, publishers use modern DRM (like Steam) as a tool to rob me of my fundamental rights to buy and sell used goods, which has been a staple of humanity for centuries.

 

Buying and selling is not a fundamental human right.

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Buying and selling is not a fundamental human right.

I actually think this is a really interesting discussion to be had in another thread.

 

 

 

That is about the only scenario i'd even touch a no-cd these days. But, it's absolutely no excuse for piracy. Especially as in many cases, the games developers just buy into a copy protection scheme, and if the company who develops the copy protection goes bankrupt, or out of business, then there's a problem. But, who created the problem in the first place? True, pirates. So, say thank you to them. And to the "i want everything for free" mentality.

 

Okay.

I still get to make fun of a publisher for ruining a perfectly good game by defending it from pirates who still get the better version of the game within a year, all while (usually) buying the game for incredibly cheap prices sooner than usual because this sort of thing doesn't fly anymore.

The new Hitman speaks to that, people don't like obtuse obstructions in the way of a good game, they want an exe to run and a game to enjoy. I'm probably going to pirate the full game after paying for it just so I can access what I've essentially already paid to a better extent.

 

I'll still complain, along with everyone else, if a food vendor taints the food and hands out immunity pills to anyone with a receipt. Even if he's the only guy selling caviar in the town, I'll still be shopping elsewhere.

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I like to record difficult stealth games, and right now you wonderful people are the only ones delivering on that front.

Click here for the crappy channel where that happens.

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