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Anon is a fan of GabeN (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 6 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

There's not steam added drm, for games that the developer didn't add drm to you van just go to the games folder and launch the executable.

For a good chunk of games without drm they're even portable, ie you can copy the game's folder to a flashdrive and run it anywhere or give people working copies.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    My guy, Steam is DRM

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    I understand what you're saying, but it's literally not. DRM is very specifically code added to games to prevent them from being copied and shared. Words mean things, ya know

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    No. It literally is. It is specifically Digital Rights Management. You are using the colloquial term, not the literal. Words do mean things.

    You have no capacity to access these products via any other system than Steam. You have no means to redistribute, modify, etc. except for what Steam forwards to you. This is no different than Netflix. It is no different than Spotify.

    Denuvo is also a DRM solution, that is leveraged to prevent tampering and reverse engineering. This is because Steam's DRM guarantees do not rise to the level desired by many publishers. These DRM solutions are more consumer hostile, sure, but it's ignorant to suggest Steam does not perform a portion of these duties as well.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    You have to log into steam to be able to launch any game you own on steam. As opposed to launching the game standalone.

    This is the gateway you have to cross to access what you paid for.

    That's the management of digital rights, right there. It's not complicated.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago*

    Unless the game has DRM built in by the developer, you can just fucking launch the game standalone my yin

    That's what I said in the earlier comment

    Steam isn't preventing you from launching shit

    It's not complicated

    Sorry for being a snarky jerk, but it's literally what I said earlier, you can just go to the game folder and launch the executable. Steam doesn't prevent it, it's not stopping you from doing anything.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    Seems I need to update my definition, polled some friends (I didn't vote) and this was the result

    You can still launch games you've downloaded without steam preventing it unless the game has developer added code preventing it, but if people consider having to use the storefront to buy and download them drm, then it seems I should update my word usage

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