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corbin ( corbin@infosec.pub )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Steam is a ticking time bomb

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Steam is a ticking time bomb

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corbin ( corbin@infosec.pub )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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The 'enshittification' of the Steam games platform is inevitable, and there are already warning signs.
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    The person you’re responding to is one of those people that thinks Steam is the DRM, because 1) it checks games against your account the first time you run them, and 2) they don’t provide offline installers like GOG.

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      Yeah, the lack of offline installers sucks, but it still updates the game and you can copy them files away whenever you want.

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        Agreed. I like Steam.

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