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Jakob (Jack/Jackie)

Jakob (Jack/Jackie)
@jakob@mastodon.chaosfield.at

· Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 08:37:52

@neil true!
There is one exception I make to this: Steam Games.
Why? Because I do have a local copy of the games and in case Steam ceases to exist it is trivial (and well known how to) bypass the Steam "DRM" (you just have to replace the steam client library in the games folder by a reimplementation).
But for music, movies and books all existent DRM systems are *really* annoying. If I can't get it DRM free I won't buy it.

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Ike

Ike
@ike@pkm.social

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 08:52:27

@jakob @neil

Yeah Ive been thinking about Steam a bit lately and its eventual enshittification. GOG seems like its the way to go, but by its namesake, the games sold there are "old" and will never see releases feom certain publishers there.

For now, Steam is ok, but per the post, its "indeterminate duration" for how long before it enshitifies itself.

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Krzesław

Krzesław
@krzeslaw@universeodon.com

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 10:14:47

@ike @jakob @neil Valve is an exception in the tech company world in that that it is not a publicly traded company, but a private-owned one - thus it is not required to make profit and bend over to appease stockholders.
Not sure how naive I am but I want to believe that the enshittification will not happen at least as long as gaben's in charge

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Chewie

Chewie
@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 17:13:22

@ike GOG isn't just old games, there are new indie ones on there too:
gog.com/en/games?tags=indie&re

But yes, there are some games I bet you will never see on there, sadly.

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econads

econads
@econads@mendeddrum.org

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 18:29:50

@ike
It started out like that, as reimplemented classic games but it's moved on. We run both.

@jakob @neil

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Nitin Khanna

Nitin Khanna
@nitinkhanna@mastodon.social

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 11:49:06

@jakob @neil do you have a local copy of all the Steam Games you have ever paid for?

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Jakob (Jack/Jackie)

Jakob (Jack/Jackie)
@jakob@mastodon.chaosfield.at

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 11:59:35

@nitinkhanna @neil not all of them but the ones I really like. I plan on having a steam library on my nas as an archive to increase that collection

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Nitin Khanna

Nitin Khanna
@nitinkhanna@mastodon.social

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 12:43:20

@neil @jakob that makes a lot of sense!

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ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)

ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)
@chiraag@mastodon.online

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 14:53:37

@jakob @neil I used to be hardcore about ebooks that way, but then we started running out of room for physical books. Since I have a Kobo Libra, it's trivial to break the DRM on Kobo ebooks using Calibre, so that's my compromise at this point for ebooks I can't get without DRM.

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