vlad321 said:
Soleron said:
vlad321 said:
Soleron said:
Um, Steam counts as DRM. It's pretty restrictive too compared to most. DRM is anything that prevents customers from using their purchases when and where they want to, and Steam certainly achieves that. |
Not really, I can download steam on any computer and boot my games, it also doesn't fuck with my computer.
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You can't copy games; you can't cheat on one of them without Valve deleting all of your purchases; you can't install it on more than one computer at a time; you can't run it without their process spying on you; it collects your data without your consent; you can't run games from a different region; you can't run games at all if your computer doesn't meet Valve's minimum computer requirements; you can't resell your games freely.
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Why would you want to copy games other than for backups, which you don't need? Why would you cheat in a VAC secured server, do it in single-player or in non VAC servers? You consent to the data gathered when you accept the ToS, if you read it. If you can't meet Valve's min requirements then you REALLY can't run the games they make, they are extremely lax as they are. Again, the point is for you not to copy and resell games, reselling is equivalent of pirating except that it's legal. I haven't heard of out of region playing to be honest so I don't know how big of a problem that is.
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So, with your logic, selling used cars is equivalent to stealing cars except that it's legal. So it should be illegal to sell used cars.
