Steam policies are against everything linux stand for. It’s a closed source third party launcher where they rent games under DRM and steal all sort of data while doing so. Valve created a small monopoly in wich videogames makers are abducted in routing their games through their useless launcher to get some visibility. They also abducted people to install their proprietary app to play certain games.
I’ve read it. Nothing prescribes a foss philosophy outside of Linux itself. Or for that matter a dickhead attitude to those who don’t subscribe to one.
The only open source and DRM free way to get games is by pirating them. That’s not Valve’s fault, that’s the fault of the current copyright system. It would be nice if the Steam client was open source but that’s also about all they could do. Banning DRM on Steam would just lead to big publishers using their own launchers exclusively and indie games don’t use DRM anyway. Let’s also not forget that Valve is contributing a lot to open source projects.
Valve pushed drms on the game industry, before they monopolized the market you used to buy the cd or install a game without the need of a useless proprietary launcher
I didn’t mean that the games were open source but that the software you need to get those games is. Also, the reason game disks aren’t sold anymore (at least for PC) is simply because hardly anyone buys them. Buying it online is simply easier. The only issue is with that is that you can’t be sure that you can always download them. But this is again only a worry because copyright prohibits distribution from everyone. You can pirate pretty much every game that’s ever existed, no matter how old, but it’s very hard to find old games legally.
Steam policies are against everything linux stand for. It’s a closed source third party launcher where they rent games under DRM and steal all sort of data while doing so. Valve created a small monopoly in wich videogames makers are abducted in routing their games through their useless launcher to get some visibility. They also abducted people to install their proprietary app to play certain games.
This is going to be a surprise to you, but proprietary software is indeed allowed to exist on Linux.
Linux doesnt stand for anything. Something being foss just means it’s accessible.
Linux comes with a license, read that.
I’ve read it. Nothing prescribes a foss philosophy outside of Linux itself. Or for that matter a dickhead attitude to those who don’t subscribe to one.
The only open source and DRM free way to get games is by pirating them. That’s not Valve’s fault, that’s the fault of the current copyright system. It would be nice if the Steam client was open source but that’s also about all they could do. Banning DRM on Steam would just lead to big publishers using their own launchers exclusively and indie games don’t use DRM anyway. Let’s also not forget that Valve is contributing a lot to open source projects.
Are you sure you know what the source code is? There are plenty of foss games:
https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page
Valve pushed drms on the game industry, before they monopolized the market you used to buy the cd or install a game without the need of a useless proprietary launcher
I didn’t mean that the games were open source but that the software you need to get those games is. Also, the reason game disks aren’t sold anymore (at least for PC) is simply because hardly anyone buys them. Buying it online is simply easier. The only issue is with that is that you can’t be sure that you can always download them. But this is again only a worry because copyright prohibits distribution from everyone. You can pirate pretty much every game that’s ever existed, no matter how old, but it’s very hard to find old games legally.