Launch HN: MagnaPlay (YC W23) – Indie gaming subscription service for PC

Re:Launch HN: MagnaPlay (YC W23) – Indie gaming subscription... by bananaboy on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:19PM (#34376214)

But you’re playing games on steam which has its own drm!

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Re:Launch HN: MagnaPlay (YC W23) – Indie gaming subscription... by Firmwarrior on Friday January 13, 2023 @09:00PM (#34376572)

Haha, reminds me of when people exploded over the Xbone's phone-home DRM and rushed to Steam over it, not realizing that Steam always had much more draconian DRM from the start

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Re:Launch HN: MagnaPlay (YC W23) – Indie gaming subscription... by Semaphor on Saturday January 14, 2023 @07:20AM (#34379708)

DRM is optional on Steam. There are no convenient installers, but the actual DRM is opt-in from the dev/publisher side.

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Re:Launch HN: MagnaPlay (YC W23) – Indie gaming subscription... by jnovek on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:45PM (#34385273)

I’m not worried about DRM exactly, I’m worried about being able to play the games on Linux. I don’t love DRM but I’m pragmatic about it.

The problem is specifically this DRM. Bespoke DRM that injects assembly seems like another layer of stuff that will break Proton and, when it does, there will be no one to support it.

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