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@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaSteam is supposed to be this platform where you own games, but let's be real, you're just renting them from a digital landlord who can evict you at any time. It's like buying a house, but the deed says "you can live here until we decide otherwise."
It's been two years since I last used Steam, and I'm glad I don't use it anymore. I would purchase a game, play it once, and then never again, not even finish it. It was a waste of money and time in my life.
Steam, while not as harmful as Big Tech in stifling creativity, still uses a licensing model that restricts true ownership. In my view, Steam does offer some resistance to Windows through its SteamOS and Steam Deck community, which promote a more open gaming ecosystem.
It's not all bad, but deleting your account might feel like a loss because capitalism has conditioned you to tie your spending to emotional value, and that's exactly how it's designed to make you feel.
I'm glad I deleted my Steam account when I did.
So did you opt for #GOG instead, and choose the DRM-free / able to download offline installers platform?
@flwwhtrbt No, I chose the no-game route, as I don’t play video games anymore, except for #Warframe occasionally using their standalone 'warframe64.msi' launcher with #UseBottle.
These days, I spend about 3-7 hours a month gaming, and deleting Steam was a big step in the right direction for me.
Edit: I'm not saying GOG is bad, but I've chosen not to spend my life playing video games, as I no longer see them providing real-life benefits for me.
@midtsveen Huh? Games that have long been removed from Steam are still playable as long as you have your own copy of the bits. I've never known Steam to DRM stuff. Their business is marketing & distribution.
@jkntech While you can play a downloaded copy, if you uninstall it or lose local access, you are unable to redownload it in the future.
The platform retains control over your library, and licenses can be revoked or rendered useless if games are delisted or servers shut down.
This highlights the exploitative nature of digital ownership in gaming, where customers pay full price for products they never truly own.
@midtsveen This is legal CYA. Like I said, if you have the bits, you can continue to use it as you like. I can reinstall and play games that were removed from Steam long ago because I keep my own backups. That's no different from buying a physical copy. If you lose the disc, the distributor is not obliged to keep sending you another disc for life.
The law was made in response to well-known asshole behavior of other game platforms; of which Valve takes particular exception to.
@jkntech oh my bad, I did not realize you where speaking abot copying the game and backing it up.
@midtsveen Steam includes a feature to create disc images/backups for all your games. To me, that's pretty indicative of their intentions.
@midtsveen it also sucks how they add additional restrictions beyond "heres ur software license" like "oh and you cant run 2 diff of these softwares on multiple computers simultaneously. for some reason."
@midtsveen I'm on my way towards the same.
After all the heavy issues they don't want to solve about gambling and indie devs dying on that 30% it's so hard to even think to support artists and devs through that double morals based company.
I'm just sad there isn't more people hosting their own ways, or at least using itchio.
@midtsveen, Steam has done so much for open-souce and Linux gaming that I don't mind that fact.