I love my Steam Deck and Proton, but it pisses me off how many Steam games are spyware / DRMware and won’t start without internet on this PORTABLE console, and especially that Valve allows this kind of toxic shit.

So, my Steam Deck stays blocked from the internet in my firewall and I buy from GOG when available or get them from other places.

Also, Gabe can STFU about piracy being a service problem until Steam bans DRM and spyware.

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[–] stormyyy@feddit.nl -3 points 5 hours ago

don't forget valve gets minors (and adults) into gambling.

[–] kane@femboys.biz 15 points 16 hours ago

Gaben is pretty chill, ngl

[–] NoU@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

Yup pretty much it.

[–] Puschel_das_Eichhorn@lemm.ee 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I never gamed, so...

Fuck gambling
Fuck walled gardens
Fuck billionaires (nobody needs that much dough)
Fuck Valve/Steam (it's easy for me to say)

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 52 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Steam isn't perfect and I sure as shit won't be the one defending a corporation, and this isn't a good excuse at ALL, but if you've never gamed you wouldn't believe how much worse it is on the other side (GOG being the only exception).

[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

And as far as corpo rats go, at least Valve employees own 49% of the company.

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