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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by gantrion on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:52PM (#25076971)
Steam has its own set of issues where they control what you get to play, and when.

I feel like I've "bought" a ton of games through Steam, and now that my kids are a bit older, they want to play some of them. Unfortunately they can't play different games at the same time - even with Steam's family sharing. When one person plays a game, it locks the whole game library.

GOG all the way.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by tpxl on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:23PM (#25077202)
> When one person plays a game, it locks the whole game library.

You can get around this by running steam in offline mode.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by gantrion on Thursday November 12, 2020 @09:17PM (#25078069)
Life changed. My kids will thank you :)
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by giantDinosaur on Friday November 13, 2020 @03:53AM (#25080430)
This could be revoked at any point, so GOG is probably the way to go unless you actually really want certain features of steam.
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