• Skipcast@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    You can’t make digital backups of physical games with drm either since you need the original disc to play (or atleast that was the case last time I bought a physical game which is probably around 2005 or something lmao)

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      11 months ago

      You are spot on, DRM is the problem at the core. That’s why I prefer DRM-free stores like GOG over Steam whenever possible.

      Luckily many of the old games I own on CD are also available on GOG.

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        11 months ago

        Steam doesn’t enforce DRM, your game can use Steamworks even without DRM.

        The no-DRM policy sure is very good, but in the end any game on GoG is there by choice of the publisher, who could also choose not to use DRM on Steam.