corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoSteam is a ticking time bombwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoIt’s amazing that a company who’s primary product is a DRM system managed to make so many people think they’re the “good guys”
minus-squareaveryminya@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoYou mean the trivially easy DRM that is a single patch found on GitHub?
minus-squaresus@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agosteam’s drm is a complete joke though? Tons of game developers add their own drm on top because it is so trivial to bypass steam’s own. Their main product is a marketplace/content delivery system
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoThe only “DRM” that they have is checking the game against your steam account the first time you run it. Is that great? No. Would it be nice if they offered offline installers? Of course.
It’s amazing that a company who’s primary product is a DRM system managed to make so many people think they’re the “good guys”
You mean the trivially easy DRM that is a single patch found on GitHub?
Shitty DRM is still DRM.
steam’s drm is a complete joke though? Tons of game developers add their own drm on top because it is so trivial to bypass steam’s own.
Their main product is a marketplace/content delivery system
The only “DRM” that they have is checking the game against your steam account the first time you run it. Is that great? No. Would it be nice if they offered offline installers? Of course.