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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoTheir DRM is optional, and many games on Steam are DRM free, meaning you can copy the files to another machine not running Steam and it would work just fine. And Steam’s DRM, if used, is the least annoying DRM out there IMO.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI think there’s a point to be made with harm reduction too- valve makes their drm easy to use and seems to be on the less invasive side
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAbsolutely. Steam DRM existing likely doesn’t increase the number of devs using DRM, but it probably moves devs from worse DRM schemes.
Their DRM is optional, and many games on Steam are DRM free, meaning you can copy the files to another machine not running Steam and it would work just fine. And Steam’s DRM, if used, is the least annoying DRM out there IMO.
I think there’s a point to be made with harm reduction too- valve makes their drm easy to use and seems to be on the less invasive side
Absolutely. Steam DRM existing likely doesn’t increase the number of devs using DRM, but it probably moves devs from worse DRM schemes.