ryujin470@fedia.io to Gaming@beehaw.org · 21 days agoModder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down111
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkModder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope'www.pcgamer.comryujin470@fedia.io to Gaming@beehaw.org · 21 days agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·21 days agobut wait a minute. when, and how did exactly valve popularize always online DRM? you know that they have nothing to do with denuvo, and steamdrm is not always online, right?
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 days agoSteamdrm requires periodic online check-ins, which is the same thing for the purpose of this discussion about them forcing system upgrades.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoyeah, you’re right: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/how-steam-employs-drm-what-that-means-for-your-game
but wait a minute. when, and how did exactly valve popularize always online DRM?
you know that they have nothing to do with denuvo, and steamdrm is not always online, right?
Steamdrm requires periodic online check-ins, which is the same thing for the purpose of this discussion about them forcing system upgrades.
yeah, you’re right: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/how-steam-employs-drm-what-that-means-for-your-game