Comment by joe_mamba
4 hours ago
>They are still selling it.
Good, very good! Better to still be able to own it legally in its original form, even if it's not been updated. Because otherwise the alternative for most people would be downloading it from some shady piracy site which would be even more risky.
> Selling games you know have such dangerous security issues is not good.
I assume in the EULA they are selling it "AS IS", so the risks are up to you, especially given that the game does not run on modern OSs out of the box so it's not like your average grandma is gonna get hacked from this. It's a niche product for enthusiasts and tinkerers at this point. Is ID software also pushing security fixes to Doom so you don't get hacked from running a 30 year old piece of SW?
I don't care if it's legal or not. It's unresponsible behavior. At the very minimum they should be adding a disclaimer for the danger of using the software.
OK, let's have the game removed from storefronts so nobody can have it, this way we're keeping the 38 playerbase safe from a potential exploit for malware that doesn't exist in the wild of a 23 year old game.
Better now?