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Steam sells software and prevents you from copying it and using it easily. Not something you want to happen to a Linux distribution.

• tambre 2y ago
  Usage of Steam's DRM is actually optional. There are plenty of games that you can copy the files of and run on another system without Steam present. [0] [0] https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_g...
  • immibis 2y ago
    Optional for the developer. Mandatory for the player. Although I heard rumours it's easy enough to install alternate Steam DLLs that always return "yes" to "is this game licensed?"
    • Sakos 2y ago
      It's trivial. You replace a dll and the Steam API check is circumvented.
      • ruthmarx 2y ago
        Piracy often is trivial.
• exitb 2y ago
  Do they prevent you from using it easily? Yes, they sell software on a platform, but so does Nintendo. Yet Nintendo hardware is completely locked down and the software they sold you works only on said locked down hardware. Meanwhile, I can run anything on SteamDeck, and I can run SteamDeck software and/or their games on any reasonable gaming PC, in any form factor. In practice, over the years that I've had a gaming collection with them, they've only ENABLED me to run the games easily.