• MustrumR
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      58 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.

    • Johanno
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      48 months ago

      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
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        28 months ago

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

    • @Gabu
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      38 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.