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Steam Deck is pretty much the spiritual opposite of everything the console makers and the DRM industry stands for. I'm just waiting for big DRM publishers to st
by izacus 4y ago
Steam Deck is pretty much the spiritual opposite of everything the console makers and the DRM industry stands for. I'm just waiting for big DRM publishers to start blocking it with excuse of poor DRM security and lockout.
- amalcon 4y agoIt's sold by arguably the largest DRM provider. Valve just seems think of DRM as a way to keep honest people honest, rather than as something that aspires to be unassailable.
- Gigachad 4y agoIt's a bit different. The Steam Deck is not locked down like consoles are. You can run anything you want on them. They then additionally allow game devs to use steam as DRM for individual games. But you are still free to run whatever software you want.
- amalcon 4y agoRight, it's very different than any other console. It's not particularly out of character for Valve, though, and they are definitely part of the DRM establishment.
- hot_gril 4y agoBiggest thing is they're running Windows games on Linux via Wine, and idk how happy Microsoft is with that.
- tpxl 4y ago> how happy Microsoft is with that Not very happy, and there is absolutely nothing they can do about it.
- hot_gril 4y agoThey own the libraries, a large part of the build toolchain these game devs are using, and in some cases the game studios themselves. It's already quite difficult for Wine to be compatible with every program, and anti-cheat can be especially problematic. I feel like they can break this if they want to.