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[โ€“] BillyTheKid2@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Like the previous poster, I'm not defending steam. No good billionaires, fight for the proletariat, down with the elite, etc

Not all steam games use steam DRM. It's opt in by the developer. Lots of steam games you can literally just copy out of steam onto a USB key and run it. No DRM at all.

Don't get me wrong they are skeezy in other ways (charging I indie deva 30% and big publishers less) but if you're going to criticize them, then at least criticize them for something real.

[โ€“] domdanial@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

Huh, I didn't realize the DRM was optional, that's good at least. Thanks for the update.