778
Anon is a fan of GabeN (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
206 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 4 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

There's not steam added drm, for games that the developer didn't add drm to you van just go to the games folder and launch the executable.

For a good chunk of games without drm they're even portable, ie you can copy the game's folder to a flashdrive and run it anywhere or give people working copies.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    My guy, Steam is DRM

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    I understand what you're saying, but it's literally not. DRM is very specifically code added to games to prevent them from being copied and shared. Words mean things, ya know

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    No. It literally is. It is specifically Digital Rights Management. You are using the colloquial term, not the literal. Words do mean things.

    You have no capacity to access these products via any other system than Steam. You have no means to redistribute, modify, etc. except for what Steam forwards to you. This is no different than Netflix. It is no different than Spotify.

    Denuvo is also a DRM solution, that is leveraged to prevent tampering and reverse engineering. This is because Steam's DRM guarantees do not rise to the level desired by many publishers. These DRM solutions are more consumer hostile, sure, but it's ignorant to suggest Steam does not perform a portion of these duties as well.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent