Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by DoItToMe81 on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:29PM
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Steam DRM has not had its security measures updated since 2010. It's trivial to crack. Although, I agree that it should not exist.
Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by ElevenLathe on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @09:27AM
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Ironically this is probably also because of their effective monopoly on games distribution. If they had to compete with other distributors, they would probably try to implement toothier default DRM to attract publishers.
Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by Firmwarrior on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @04:57PM
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I think they said publicly that they were able to show with data that SteamWorks' mild DRM by itself was enough to severely curtail piracy, and that's why other companies have been chilling out on the highly invasive DRM on Steam
I actually hate Steam. I despise Steam. But I have to go to bat for them here and say that they don't seem any worse today than they ever have been, and every time I get dragged into opening their shitty app to buy a game that isn't available elsewhere, the app is at least a little better than it was last time I used it.
The only things about them that are particularly user-hostile and make me hate them are:
1. DRM - The DRM isn't particularly onerous but it is there. All your dozens or hundreds of games get locked together into one account, and even if you own two or three computers, you can only play a game on one of them at a time. This made it very difficult for me to maintain a VR gaming station at my house, since my nephews playing VR upstairs meant that I couldn't play DotA 2 downstairs unless I started a second account.
2. Customer Service - Their customer service isn't as nonexistent as some companies', but it's pretty thin on the ground
So far as I can tell, they seem to go out of their way not to enshittify anything in any way ever.