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I wonder if the demand for DRM that actually works will eventually split Linux distros into ones that respect user freedom, and SteamOS, which will be able to r

• matheusmoreira 5y ago
  No doubt. It's impossible to enforce copyright if users are free. Same thing applies to cheats. It's impossible to prevent cheating if users are free. Truth be told, cheating is nothing but an exercise in computing freedom: the user orders the computer to cheat and the computer obeys. Linux users of Steam and its games will eventually be forced to install proprietary kernel modules. They'll have to swallow that if they want to play the games they paid money for. Steam machines will probably be reduced to appliances just like game consoles eventually. The whole point is to enable the game companies to own the user's machines. They don't think users should have total freedom and the only way to enforce that is to take it away.