| SanAndreasX said: People should have said no to Steam 20 years ago. It’s too late now. |
Steam didn't replace DRM-free physical PC games. DRM has been around for the majority of PC games years before the launch of Steam. Both as CD-ROM copy protection (which is often no longer supported by modern operating systems) and as limited activation attempts using CD keys (where the activation servers for individual games have been shut down for several years and the respective publishers often no longer exist).
SecuROM (from Sony, by the way) was a nuisance in both versions.
Steam was a significant improvement over the proliferation of individual activation servers, SecuROM, SafeDisc, Tagès, StarForce, and so on. By the way, tens of thousands of games on Steam are completely DRM-free.
