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I don't think we're "just" complaining about the DRM, but it's something worth talking about. Do you suggest we all placate Valve, write them great big love let
by cookiecaper 14y ago
I don't think we're "just" complaining about the DRM, but it's something worth talking about. Do you suggest we all placate Valve, write them great big love letters, and ignore all their faults? It's worth exploring the full range of consequences, positive and negative.
I think it's established that gamers will be appreciative to have Steam running on Linux officially. Do you think we owe Valve something more than that, like pretending like potential downsides don't exist and that everyone's problems will be solved permanently by drooling at the Steam/Linux window for ten hours a day?
- jiggy2011 14y agoI suppose there's a risk that Steam becomes the defacto way to ship software for Linux which would in effect just assimilate it into being a closed platform. OTOH that seems unlikely, hopefully it will be more like OSX with a healthy commercial ecosystem and an open source system living side by side on the same OS.
- shmerl 14y agoThe problem is, that if it aspires to be a generic channel for distributing software besides games, the DRM side if it is bad enough to be concerned, even if it won't replace other open channels.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI'm not sure if it is bad in and of itself. As long as you are free to not install it and stick with your normal apt repos to get your DRM free open source stuff. I guess it could become a disadvantage if an influx of good commercial software means that effort on open source stuff is diminished because there is less perceived need.