Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential

Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by gcb0 on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @03:31AM (#7055999)

steam is just like any other drm system for your games. it phone home and prevents you from playing without a connection to the mothership.

they just have saner fallback times than other ill talked solutions from EA. but besides its pretty eyes, its the same virus.

good luck running online games as root.

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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by jeena on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @05:31AM (#7056300)

I once bought and downloaded SuperHexagon on Steam but didn't have the time to test it at home. Later on the train (I'm commuting for two hours a day) I wanted to test it. Sadly I wasn't allowed without a internet connection which was really annoying.

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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by jamesgeck0 on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @05:44PM (#7060333)

Sometimes the game executable doesn't actually require you to be online the first time you launch it, even though Steam does. If you launch the binary from Windows explorer, there's a chance it'll work.

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