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My point is it's not forced on to developers like some platforms do, hint Epic Games Store. Edit: Not true. I know a plethora of people who support only Steam
by cameronbrown 7y ago
My point is it's not forced on to developers like some platforms do, hint Epic Games Store. Edit: Not true.
I know a plethora of people who support only Steam on principle alone. Not only have they been kind to the Linux community but they've so far held up their end of the bargain when it comes to Steam. Valve's willingness to uphold free speech (while accepting all the downsides like negative brand attention) also means a lot to me.
They used to be awful for customer service but it's really come around lately.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoI'm not sure where you read that, but I can confirm from first-hand experience that it isn't true. My Epic Game Store copies of Journey and Control are both completely DRM-Free. I actually don't have the Epic Game Store installed on my main Windows partition at all, its isolated in its own VM. As long as the games I buy are DRM Free, I can download them in the VM, back them up, and move them to my real OS, and they run fine.
- UserIsUnused 7y agoIf you want to support a platform based on a DRM-free point of view, you should only buy from GOG. The only ethical platform.
- cameronbrown 7y agoThough I don't consider DRM-free the only metric for being ethical (being one of the few platforms to really support Linux, contributing back to OSS including the Linux Kernel itself, pushing free and open standards for VR, etc.. are all reasons I support Valve), I really appreciate and support GOG too.