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• crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Do any stores say you own the games? I feel like this isn’t a Steam specific thing

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  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    GOG has no DRM. Once purchased you can download the files and own it. You could even write your games to CDs if you wanted and play like the old days.

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    • JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I own a lot of games on GoG, but I fail to see the practical difference. If GoG were to go under, there’s not going to be any free service hosting all your data and the games for download. It all disappears, just like if Steam were to go under.

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      • Don_alForno@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        If steam goes under, a significant portion of your steam games won’t launch anymore, period. If GOG goes under, you can still use 100% of their installers, provided you still have them backed up. No, they are not going to be able to do that step for you. Did the store you bought physical games from put your discs in storage for you, so they wouldn’t clog up your basement? Did they give you a new copy if you lost or threw out your disc and then changed your mind?

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      • Templa@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The difference is that if you have your files you still can play the games if GoG goes under, while steam games will be unplayable because they need to communicate to steam. I heard that steam drm is easy to remove but I don’t have much knowledge in that regard

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• DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The vast majority of digital purchases are licenses, this isn’t something new or unique to Steam. Digital purchases where you actually own the product are more the exception than the rule.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Even when you were buying games on physical media, you didn’t own the software itself. You just owned a disc with the software on it.

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  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Then let’s support the good companies to make it the rule and not exception. The market won’t change until the consumer tells them what’s important

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