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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

steam

At least gift me something which doesn't have drm

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

gog.com okay? 😊

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Does GOG sell skirts and makeup? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

drm free 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That and preferably itch.io!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

you've convinced me to have a look at some itch.io games, now I've loaded a couple on the steam deck 😊 should be fun

I've gotten a weird, affirming sensation from it too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Hell yeah Whenever I see a game I like, I check their official site to see if they sell it directly, then itch.io, then gog.

Also itch.io has a couple of gold nuggets, and has some interesting things to check out!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Check out PCGamingWiki, there actually are games on Steam that are either fully DRM-free, or have DRM that can be easily circumvented.

It's not a huge number or anything, but if someone's using Steam anyway, might as well have a look^^

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam

(Funnily enough, many of the games Epic has been giving away are DRM-free, too. So like, you're not even forced to use their god awful launcher to play them. Not even to install them either, there's Heroic for that.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I like having a local copy of the installer which doesn't require phoning servers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's what they mean. There are many games on Steam which after downloading from Steam, you can just copy and they don't need Steam to work. You can delete Steam and keep these games forever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So I'd have to install some bloat, then my game, then remove the bloat?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

If that's what you'd like to do, you do you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's the ideal option for sure.

But like I said, if someone has an account with these services anyway, might as well make the most out of it. I can download those games, archive them on a big ass drive somewhere, and never have to login somewhere to access them in the future.

(And then cry myself to sleep when that hard drive inevitably fails the very day I delete the account, because that's just my luck)