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I don't see Facebook alone in this. The whole gaming industry is headed this direction. Most of my game purchases are in Steam. PS5 has a digital only version.

by mrits 6y ago

bobthepanda 6y ago
In addition many physical copies, if not most or all, mostly are either straight up a redemption for an online key or are functionally telling your system to go download it. Optical drives haven’t been standard issue in PCs for a while now.
solinent 6y ago
We need to allow multiple app stores with DRM per store, it's the only solution to avoid a monopolistic store that I see. It won't happen except through the legal system, I think.
- entropicdrifter 6y ago
  I mean, on PC we already have that, plus a few DRM-free stores like GoG
TheKarateKid 6y ago
There's a difference between forcing you to use a gaming account for a gaming service, and forcing you to use a social media account entirely irrelevant to gaming with your entire real-life identity (and web history, ad profiling, and in-store purchases) to use a gaming service.
- mrits 6y ago
  I don't see too much that Facebook collects about you that Steam doesn't. If you aren't using a Facebook desktop app Steam probably knows quite a bit more about you actually. If you are really concerned about your "real-life identity" I'd recommend not publishing it in a service that is made for public consumption
- saddlerustle 6y ago
  An Xbox now requires a Microsoft account, which also has associated web history, ad profiling and purchase history.
  - easton 6y ago
    But you can make a separate one just for Xbox and they won’t ban you, unlike Facebook. And you don’t have to use your real name.
    - saddlerustle 6y ago
      It may not be enforced, but the Microsoft ToS states "You agree not to use any false, inaccurate or misleading information when signing up for your Microsoft account." (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/servicesagreement/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/servicesagreement/), and the signup flow does require a full name.

I don't see Facebook alone in this. The whole gaming industry is headed this direction. Most of my game purchases are in Steam. PS5 has a digital only version.

by mrits 6y ago

I don't see Facebook alone in this. The whole gaming industry is headed this direction. Most of my game purchases are in Steam. PS5 has a digital only version.

bobthepanda 6y ago

In addition many physical copies, if not most or all, mostly are either straight up a redemption for an online key or are functionally telling your system to go download it. Optical drives haven’t been standard issue in PCs for a while now.

solinent 6y ago

We need to allow multiple app stores with DRM per store, it's the only solution to avoid a monopolistic store that I see. It won't happen except through the legal system, I think.

entropicdrifter 6y ago
I mean, on PC we already have that, plus a few DRM-free stores like GoG

TheKarateKid 6y ago

There's a difference between forcing you to use a gaming account for a gaming service, and forcing you to use a social media account entirely irrelevant to gaming with your entire real-life identity (and web history, ad profiling, and in-store purchases) to use a gaming service.

mrits 6y ago
I don't see too much that Facebook collects about you that Steam doesn't. If you aren't using a Facebook desktop app Steam probably knows quite a bit more about you actually. If you are really concerned about your "real-life identity" I'd recommend not publishing it in a service that is made for public consumption
saddlerustle 6y ago
An Xbox now requires a Microsoft account, which also has associated web history, ad profiling and purchase history.
- easton 6y ago
  But you can make a separate one just for Xbox and they won’t ban you, unlike Facebook. And you don’t have to use your real name.
  - saddlerustle 6y ago
    It may not be enforced, but the Microsoft ToS states "You agree not to use any false, inaccurate or misleading information when signing up for your Microsoft account." (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/servicesagreement/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/servicesagreement/), and the signup flow does require a full name.