Steam itself is DRM
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magikmw@piefed.social 2 months agoDRM is up to publishers, not Steam. Valve doesn’t enforce or require it, and it’s unlikely publishers would lift DRM from their games because Valve asked.
artyom@piefed.social 2 months ago
magikmw@piefed.social 2 months ago
Not by my definition. Not in the same way as denuvo or dvd movie drm is.
artyom@piefed.social 2 months ago
It is in the sense that you can’t play the games without it.
magikmw@piefed.social 2 months ago
You can. Many of steam games you can just archive or copy over somewhere else and they’ll still work just fine.
bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 2 months ago
There are many, many DRM free games on Steam.
Stop spreading this nonsense. There are arguments against Steam, but until they require DRM to be on their platform, this isn’t one of them.
artyom@piefed.social 2 months ago
None of them are DRM free. Every game requires the Steam client to download, launch, and play. Stop spreading this nonsense.
bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Incorrect. DRM free games on Steam do not require the Steam client to be running to run them.
Try if before commenting.
normonator@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Stardew valley is one example I know of. The developer didnt enable it so you can buy and install the game then copy the installed contents to other computers and run it without steam and play multiplayer all with the same copy. Steam can be closed or removed on all of them
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Steam does have a DRM mechanism - it’s optional and easy to circumvent, but it’s there
magikmw@piefed.social 2 months ago
Yes, and Steam doesn’t force it on a publisher. They can opt out.