Comment on Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'

KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I mean I’ve always had an issue that digital goods could always be revoked/taken back. That’s why I didn’t buy things on steam until it became basically the only way (as consoles have less physical media). This is just a great reminder for the public that we’re consistently loosing control over our digital lives.

  I’ve been an advocate for forcing companies to change the wording for digital goofs to “lease” rather than “buy”. Cause at the end of the day, no one owns their steam library.

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• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I mean, we are… Gabe became a billionaire that owns a yacht collection, his money came from somewhere, there’s no reason to defend any billionaires or their companies unless you are a billionaire yourself.

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  • Adalast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Gabe heads a company which is successful because it respects its employees, customers, and suppliers instead of constantly trying to marginalize and abuse them. They are not perfect by any means, but they do fit into the definition of ethical capitalism, which should not be understated. They don’t employ anticompetitive tactics like bribing/coercing developers into exclusivity contracts. They don’t operate with a bunch of 1099 contractors so they can avoid providing benefits. Etc.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      And they could do all of these good things while charging less than 30% and Gabe would be the only one feeling a negative impact on his finances.

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