corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agoSteam is a ticking time bombwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThere’s a lot of DRM-free games on Steam. It’s up to developers to use their DRM, it’s not a requirement by Valve.
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThe person you’re responding to is one of those people that thinks Steam is the DRM, because 1) it checks games against your account the first time you run them, and 2) they don’t provide offline installers like GOG.
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoYeah, the lack of offline installers sucks, but it still updates the game and you can copy them files away whenever you want.
There’s a lot of DRM-free games on Steam. It’s up to developers to use their DRM, it’s not a requirement by Valve.
The person you’re responding to is one of those people that thinks Steam is the DRM, because 1) it checks games against your account the first time you run them, and 2) they don’t provide offline installers like GOG.
Yeah, the lack of offline installers sucks, but it still updates the game and you can copy them files away whenever you want.