• ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been incentivised not to, because Steam + Proton work so well.

    Probably worth downloading some backups and getting them running though, in case Steam decides to rug pull

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      1 year ago

      Same here. Haven’t even thought about pirating games because Steam is just working.

      Seems to me that Spotify and Steam has been really successful preventing piracy in music and games, but the streaming movie industry has failed because they got greedy.

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        1 year ago

        valve is a private company, so they don’t need to jerk off the shareholders, and they can invest in what they want

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        1 year ago

        Yeah steam does it very well. On stuff like the switch, the prices are so crazy I immediately go hack my console. But in steam, prices were so much lower to the point in which I never thought about it.

        I only recently started doing it when I noticed some games block you from playing offline.

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      1 year ago

      proton makes things work so well… i just sit there at /c/paitientgamer … and i’m as filthy as they come

    • dewritochan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      i use steam+proton to run cracked steam games on my deck quite frequently actually. just gotta add em as non-steam games and tell em to use whichever proton version

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      1 year ago

      I think we can trust steam until there is an acquisition or a change in hands of some kind. But better safe than sorry!