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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

You don't own games on Steam either.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You can own certain Steam games as much as you can own them on GOG, which is to say it's completely up to the publisher/devs. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

The thing is that Steam doesn't have a history of shutting down a significant fraction of games they have available by themselves. Hence people don't criticize them.

Also you can (not saying that you should, I personally don't trust Gabe) put some tust in a private owned company if you trust the owners.

In case of public companies they are forced by law and major shareholders into making shortsighted decisions and prioritizing profit only.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But I can play them without Internet (mostly).

Steam isn't perfect. But it's the best we have for now. And the trend currently is only getting worse.

[–] Gabu 2 points 4 months ago

You actually can own games on Steam. Most indie games and some AAA titles come with a DRM-free executable.

[–] Gabu 3 points 4 months ago

Games on Steam aren't required to have DRM. In fact, most indie games on Steam don't use DRM, and even some AAA titles.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't you dare slander Lord Gaben 😭😭😭

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Slander would mean it was misinformation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It was sarcastic I thought the horde of crying emojis made that clear.