Steam Now Warns Consumers That They’re Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchase
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Whenever you purchase a game on Steam, you’ll now be met with a warning, stating that you're buying a license and not the game itself.
  • TommySoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    361·
    13 hours ago

    But also with GOG you can download the installers and play offline. It’s literally one of their big selling points. It’s less convenient than things like steam, but you can do whatever the hell you want when you buy it. So in that regard, it literally is a purchase. Or as close as you can get with digital goods.

    • Blaiz0r@lemmy.mlEnglish
      81·
      12 hours ago

      Depends on the game, they still sell DRM games which are limited in being able to be downloaded freely

        • Anivia@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Same thing applies to Steam. You don’t need to use the Steam DRM if you don’t want to, it gets added by the developers/publishers. There are plenty of DRM-free games on Steam

    • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
      43·
      8 hours ago

      you can do whatever the hell you want when you buy it

      Mmm, not quite.

      And I point that out because Lemmy is a very FOSS-friendly place where that sentiment is actually true.