Re:Valve secrets spill over in new Steam documentary app
by rossvor on Friday July 10, 2020 @02:53AM
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Well it's matter of comparing it to their competitors.
GOG actively advertises and encourages devs to eschew DRM, lots of games became DRM-free just to appear on the store.
Humble also actively advertised DRM-free games, and even source-available games, though granted, nowadays it's more of alternative steam store interface with charity, with very few direct download titles.
itch.io, due to the area they operate in -- niche indies -- it's pretty much cultural standard to have no DRM, so they don't even have to mention it.
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Re:Valve secrets spill over in new Steam documentary app
by Akronymus on Friday July 10, 2020 @03:21AM
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This is a completely valid asessment. While I do not personally see much of a problem with valves implementation, I'd still prefer no DRM at all.
Re:Valve secrets spill over in new Steam documentary app
by dageshi on Friday July 10, 2020 @03:52AM
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I suspect DRM was necessary to get publishers on board in the beginning when digital distribution/stores wasn't really a thing. Steam might never have taken off without it and the big publishers would've just rolled their own clients with DRM earlier.