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This is one of the reasons I make efforts to buy games via gog.com rather than Steam (the other reason is that Steam is dangerously close to a monopoly, and tha

This is one of the reasons I make efforts to buy games via gog.com rather than Steam (the other reason is that Steam is dangerously close to a monopoly, and that never ends well).

djsumdog 8y ago
Gog and the Humble Bundle (if they offer a DRM free version; these days a lot of titles just have Steam Keys). You do lose the save game/cloud sync, but you gain copies of your game that will always work without needing to verify your licence over the Interwebs.
- m_eiman 8y ago
  Lots of the games I've bought have cloud synced saves on gog too.
- WorldMaker 8y ago
  > Humble Bundle (if they offer a DRM free version; these days a lot of titles just have Steam Keys) I've been griping lately that Humble Bundle seems increasingly watering down their principles. Early Humble Bundle made it a big deal that they always included DRM free copies and more often than not full soundtracks or soundtracks at a discount. Today's Humble Bundle seems much more and more to "just" be a Steam Key reseller, without DRM free copies of many games, and without access to nearly as large of a percentage of game soundtracks. (I realize that last is a weird gripe, but there were a lot of games I picked up for their soundtracks because of artists I enjoyed, and sometimes I'd be surprised and really enjoy the associated game, but even if I didn't like the game I still got my money's worth from the soundtrack. I've now switched to buying from the artists more often directly from Bandcamp and rarely if ever buying the associated games, or just waiting for a direct Steam or Microsoft Store sale.) It certainly feels from Humble's emails that they are very deeply focused on their Monthly Pass, and it feels almost to the detriment of everything else, but then Monthly Pass things don't really appeal to me in general.
icebraining 8y ago
Related, Gog recently started https://fckdrm.com/ https://fckdrm.com/

This is one of the reasons I make efforts to buy games via gog.com rather than Steam (the other reason is that Steam is dangerously close to a monopoly, and that never ends well).

djsumdog 8y ago

Gog and the Humble Bundle (if they offer a DRM free version; these days a lot of titles just have Steam Keys). You do lose the save game/cloud sync, but you gain copies of your game that will always work without needing to verify your licence over the Interwebs.

m_eiman 8y ago
Lots of the games I've bought have cloud synced saves on gog too.
WorldMaker 8y ago
> Humble Bundle (if they offer a DRM free version; these days a lot of titles just have Steam Keys) I've been griping lately that Humble Bundle seems increasingly watering down their principles. Early Humble Bundle made it a big deal that they always included DRM free copies and more often than not full soundtracks or soundtracks at a discount. Today's Humble Bundle seems much more and more to "just" be a Steam Key reseller, without DRM free copies of many games, and without access to nearly as large of a percentage of game soundtracks. (I realize that last is a weird gripe, but there were a lot of games I picked up for their soundtracks because of artists I enjoyed, and sometimes I'd be surprised and really enjoy the associated game, but even if I didn't like the game I still got my money's worth from the soundtrack. I've now switched to buying from the artists more often directly from Bandcamp and rarely if ever buying the associated games, or just waiting for a direct Steam or Microsoft Store sale.) It certainly feels from Humble's emails that they are very deeply focused on their Monthly Pass, and it feels almost to the detriment of everything else, but then Monthly Pass things don't really appeal to me in general.

icebraining 8y ago

Related, Gog recently started https://fckdrm.com/ https://fckdrm.com/