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> Steam's DRM is reasonable And what about the case when Steam itself is used by companies as platform for their DRM. I can't play Ubisoft titles without Ubipl
by ishansharma 14y ago
> Steam's DRM is reasonable
And what about the case when Steam itself is used by companies as platform for their DRM. I can't play Ubisoft titles without Ubiplay, can't play some titles without Games For Windows Live.
I have spent 10 minutes waiting to sign in to these services because I have a flaky connection!
- ChrisNorstrom 14y agoThat's not the fault of steam that's the fault of Ubiplay and Games for Windows Live for Windows Live Games Live for Windows Live.
- ishansharma 14y agoBut they allowed it on their platform. It's like DRM on top of DRM!
- mpyne 14y agoI forget, are companies with invasive and arbitrary software content requirements on their app store a good thing or a bad thing? I get so confused about which one I'm supposed to despise nowadays.
- kabdib 14y agoGames for Windows Live is basically abandonware by Microsoft at this point. Nobody's going to get promoted if they work on it, so . . . .