Yes sadly when steam enshittifies, probably when gabe retires or it is sold, will be a painful betrayal and the end of buying games for a lot of people i think.
Worse margins, shittier deals, old breaking deals, dozens or thousands of games disappearing from collections forever, privacy busting data collection, "new features" that will allow malware, more porn games. What a cash cow for someone, and a gut wrenching inevitability for most.
It factually like that before too, now it is just made clear during payment. That is a change for the better. Legally you have the same rights, you lost nothing. However, steam is not pretending anymore you have more rights then you actually do.
This is also true when you “buy” music from Apple.
if buying isn't owning then pirating isn't stealing
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Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41809193
This is why piracy.
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No. Piracy is why this is.
Yes sadly when steam enshittifies, probably when gabe retires or it is sold, will be a painful betrayal and the end of buying games for a lot of people i think.
Worse margins, shittier deals, old breaking deals, dozens or thousands of games disappearing from collections forever, privacy busting data collection, "new features" that will allow malware, more porn games. What a cash cow for someone, and a gut wrenching inevitability for most.
It factually like that before too, now it is just made clear during payment. That is a change for the better. Legally you have the same rights, you lost nothing. However, steam is not pretending anymore you have more rights then you actually do.
Wasn't this always obvious?
They’re literally just adding some extra text in the checkout flow to make it more clear to consumers. It’s just been a license for decades