Draconian
Hard
Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
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- Dystopia Is Hard: Wizarding England under the Dark Lord has no resources nor economy, their laws are too draconian to attract any immigrants and their population is slowly dying out.
Source: Fan Fic / Wish Carefully - Though his initial speech to the campers makes it clear that he's trying to be a hard-ass, it quickly becomes apparent that the guy is just trying to keep his job by enforcing rather reasonable rules (albeit with hilariously draconian punishments).
Source: Bait-and-Switch Tyrant - This was made worse with draconian DRM, including the Origin service, which lacks the features available on Steam, runs poorly, and periodically scans the user's hard drive as well as removing all future EA games from it, forcing you to use the service.
Source: Darth Wiki / Fallen Creator
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