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Steam will no longer pop up at every startup if you use the latest beta (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by testeronious to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

steam is not a drm-free platform like GOG or Epic Games (some epic games games have additional drm, but most are completely drm-free and there's no client-level drm at all like in steam*).
Most games use the Steam API to check stuff, so Steam client needs to be running.
(I'm actually kinda ok with steam's drm btw, it's not as intrusive as on some other stuff)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m fine with the DRM. But why does the window need to open and take several seconds to “connect to the friends network” for a singleplayer game? This doesn’t need to be a blocking process.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There's a setting somewhere to disable the friends list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Would staying offline on the friends network help that issue?

[–] mihnt 1 points 10 months ago

It doesn't.