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The Steam Deck is software-freedom friendly

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305 points todsacerdoti | 4 comments | 03 Apr 25 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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paxys ◴[03 Apr 25 12:57 UTC] No.43568934[source]▶
Does that mean it can run Steam games offline and DRM-free?
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INTPenis ◴[03 Apr 25 12:58 UTC] No.43568950[source]▶
You can run steam games offline on a regular PC.

But I think you're trying to make a point about Steam DRM.

Someone once said; there are two DRMs that everyone loves, Apple and Steam.

And I have to say it's true. I am normally not a proponent of DRM, I've been pirating since TURBO 250 tapes on c64, but I do love Steam. I love it for what Gabe has done for us gamers on Linux.

In my opinion he deserves 30%.

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butlike ◴[03 Apr 25 14:06 UTC] No.43569913[source]▶
It's not about the 30%, it's about giving you the ball for $3.30 then taking the ball away sometime later saying you can no longer play with it and no, there won't be any refunds.
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1. INTPenis ◴[03 Apr 25 14:12 UTC] No.43569993[source]▶
Playing devil's advocate here but I've had a Steam account for well over 15 years now and my library of games has only grown.

I am sure there are stories and certain situations where people have lost access to games, but I think they're fringe cases.

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2. johnnyanmac ◴[03 Apr 25 14:48 UTC] No.43570555[source]▶
And they are fringe cases with most DRM, since most of any of my libraries still exist if I check it.

But people seem so Gung ho about DRM being bad. except for Steam.

3. sph ◴[04 Apr 25 04:24 UTC] No.43578313[source]▶
I have an account as old as yours, and the games I have lost access to have been pulled by the publisher, never by Valve. We’re talking about one or two games in a 500+ library, and I don’t even remember which.

Yeah, it’s not a very big concern of mine either.

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4. INTPenis ◴[04 Apr 25 07:00 UTC] No.43579132[source]▶
500 is a lot of games. I think mine is around 100-150. Just to get a sense of scale, maybe the reason why I never saw anything get pulled. In fact the opposite, I have received free games over the years.