• 4am@lemm.ee
    151·
    3 hours ago

    This is also the case for physical copies, and has been since software was first sold

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    6·
    3 hours ago

    Personally I think we should bring back physical games to PC. Imagine a cartridge like device that can effectively use external storage as swap memory (which copies to ram as needed), laptops and desktops can be built with this while other computers could use an adapter.

  • JayObey711@lemmy.world
    11·
    4 hours ago

    it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing it’s not stealing

  • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
    581·
    7 hours ago

    Its pretty much up to the developer. You can have no DRM and not even require steam to be open, or you can make your game unplayable.

    • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.social
      18·
      4 hours ago

      Imo Steam should tell people whether or not a game actually requires Steam (or another form of DRM) to run. I know they already do it for things like Denuvo, but they should also note if the game actually uses Steam as DRM or if the game can be launched without it.

      • warm@kbin.earth
        401·
        6 hours ago

        Steam sells DRM-free games too, you can download them and then uninstall Steam and they will work. In this case though, on top of purchasing the game, you are buying a license to download updates for it through Steam. It’s a developer decision.

        • blindsight@beehaw.org
          1·
          4 hours ago

          You still aren’t “purchasing” it.

          For example, you don’t have right of resale the same way you would with physical goods. You’re buying a license to the game for personal use, regardless, you just don’t have DRM limiting your access.

          • warm@kbin.earth
            3·
            4 hours ago

            Well that’s just digital goods, not Steam specifically.

            You do get all the files for the game, that will work for as long as the OS will run them, with or without Steam (this is as close as you can come to ownership for software). Rather than a license to use them files, which become useless if you don’t run the game through Steam.

  • John Richard@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 hours ago

    In the meantime Microsoft updates their user agreement requiring you to arbitrate and to pay the arbitration fees. Fuck Microsoft.