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[–] swnt@feddit.de 87 points 2 years ago (22 children)

One of the few companies I've purchased digital good from - and they haven't enshittified themselves yet

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (9 children)

If anything ever happens to Gabe such that he can't run the company, that's the day I'm immediately downloading and backing up my entire steam library to a hard drive.

[–] Unwind2046@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wouldn't those games be locked up through steams DRM?

[–] Qvest@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some games from Steam can still be used without Steam's DRM. It's a little difficult to pull it off, but it can be done

[–] swnt@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Even then. If steam actually locks out out of your games, then I bet hacked will quickly put more effort to sidestep the drm and make that more easily accessible.

[–] Octorine@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago

Drm on Steam is optional. It's up to the dev whether to include any or not.

However, if the game uses any steam features, like achievements, voice chat, leaderboards, etc., then those won't work without steam.

[–] LoafyLemon@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Yarr. Want some crack, kid? Harr.

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