If you are a gullible consumer whose devices are always connected to the internet, you don’t notice you’re getting a worse service. Unfortunately, way too many people are falling for this.
Luckily, at least PC gamers are largely outspoken about DRM and there are pretty popular platforms that cater to them. But console games and media (other than some e-books)? No end of DRM in sight.
The Steam Deck has helped bring it to light. I loved the Hitman games, for example, but I won’t buy the studio’s 007 game if that has the same always-online-singleplayer shite.
Steam is full of DRM and people still worship Valve. If people actually gave a shit about DRM, they wouldn’t accept that bs. They would force publishers to release DRM-free games on GOG.
If you are a gullible consumer whose devices are always connected to the internet, you don’t notice you’re getting a worse service. Unfortunately, way too many people are falling for this.
Luckily, at least PC gamers are largely outspoken about DRM and there are pretty popular platforms that cater to them. But console games and media (other than some e-books)? No end of DRM in sight.
I fear the day that’s no longer the case. Feels like gaming is becoming more “proprietary platform first” with every year.
The Steam Deck has helped bring it to light. I loved the Hitman games, for example, but I won’t buy the studio’s 007 game if that has the same always-online-singleplayer shite.
Steam is full of DRM and people still worship Valve. If people actually gave a shit about DRM, they wouldn’t accept that bs. They would force publishers to release DRM-free games on GOG.
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I don’t use Steam, but I think the sentiment was that Steam’s DRM is less anti-consumer.
It is but they also allow crap like Denuvo on there. But I always buy on GOG if I can. Having access to my own copy of a game wins out every time.
The good that steam does for linux currently outweighs the DRM issue present in steam. It why they are catching less heat than others for it.