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Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing by KiranRao0 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @12:39PM (#32541857)
In some ways, Steam has provided an experience better than having no DRM. I can hop in a friend's computer and download any game I've purchased. Or I can delete old games to free up space and redownload them later (without having to deal with DVDs or external USB drives).

The tradeoff is handing over the control of my game library to a company. I can see how that tradeoffs can be compelling to some and not worthwhile to others.

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Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing by kranke155 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @01:50PM (#32542588)
The thing is Valve is the sort of company that has built that elusive relationship - trust - so much so that I would expect them to arrange for some way to keep people most of their games if the service was shutdown, and if they didn’t, it would be a surprise.
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Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing by causality0 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @11:14PM (#32546917)
If Valve ever stabbed me in the back I could just pirate my library back, so I'm not that worried.
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