Modders Found A Hidden Timer On Every PS5

PlayStation quietly added a hidden timer to every newly purchased PS4 and PS5 digital game, and the internet was convinced Sony had killed digital ownership. The discovery was real! But it took days of testing to discover what it meant.
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00:00 Play Has A Limit
00:52 DRM's Last Disasters
02:29 The Story Jailbreaks
03:58 The Panic Spreads
07:10 Reading The Code
09:23 Play Has (Nearly) No Limits

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