Valve quietly launches Steam's anti-key-scamming Curator Connect feature

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vivster said:

JEMC said:

Nah! Without Steam, PC gaming nowadays would be in a much worse state. We have to keep in mind that Steam is a DRM platform that helps reduce piracy, that's why publishers were so eager to join.

It's never a good idea to say: "If X didn't do something we wouldn't have Y".

Maybe if Valve hadn't started it we would have something much better today. Which doesn't seem to be that hard to do.

Maybe it's not that hard, but no one else did it, right?

The best we have is GOG thanks to its lack if DRM, and that's mostly it. And retail stores like Green Man Gaming rely on Steam codes, so they aren't the answer.