firecat

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[–] firecat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Again, the very definition of DRM is Valve approval of:

  1. Your account

  2. Your money

  3. The requirements laid out in the Steam User agreement

You do not own the game, you don’t own the Steam Client, you don’t own the account and buying doesn’t offer refunds for real money. THE WHOLE THING IS VALVE CORPORATE LEGAL TERF. You can never get Steam exclusive games outside of Steam.

[–] firecat@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

According to the thought experiment of Schrödinger's cat, the animal can’t talk but also can speak.

[–] firecat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

All Valves games are DRM, you can not download the games without Steam Client. No, using the alternative method because the User Agreement doesn’t allow it. Valve never allows games to be installed without permission by them.

That’s the very definition of DRM, a company saying they don’t allow you to install games without consent.

[–] firecat@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

AU lawsuit against Valve proves Valve didn’t want to refund their customers. Valve is guilty of this violation of Australia law. Many people who used Steam before 2010 tell people they were never given refunds oran option for refunds.

Valve is not good guys, they fought the Australia government to the very top to not pay or offer refunds. They are greedy.

[–] firecat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Valve’s games also include DRM, Valve will still be blamed. Valve doesn’t care about their games, TF2 community comes into mind when they sent Cease and Desist. No, do not defend them for it because you also would agree with Nintendo’s stance on this issue.

Valve will never be the good guys, only remember as the bad guys.

[–] firecat@kbin.social -4 points 2 years ago (21 children)

It’s the same as Steam, you sign the contract called “ User Agreement” that has a section on how you don’t own the games. It’s legal and nothing you can do about it. User Agreement also forbids you from suing Valve Corporation, so anyone who wants to own games from SteM legally cannot.

[–] firecat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

They also sold off to Valve Corp and fire a lot of people, leaving a few to work on Alyx VR.

[–] firecat@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

Yes but you’ll get problems during uploads. It’s like Google forcing you to use Android Studio instead of verifying by other means. That’s why people often go to pay others because they don’t want to mess with the verification process.

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