alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 12 hours agoSteam now tells gamers up front that they're buying a license, not a gamewww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down12
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minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 hours agoOh cool! I didn’t know they went that far. I’m buying from GOG from now on.
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-28 hours agoGog has the same language, check section 2.1 of their user agreement. https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212632089-GOG-User-Agreement?product=gog
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 hours agoMaybe, but they provide the software without DRM and with the option to get an offline installer. (I just learned Steam does that as well apparently but with extra steps.)
Oh cool! I didn’t know they went that far.
I’m buying from GOG from now on.
Gog has the same language, check section 2.1 of their user agreement.
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212632089-GOG-User-Agreement?product=gog
Maybe, but they provide the software without DRM and with the option to get an offline installer.
(I just learned Steam does that as well apparently but with extra steps.)