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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] theneverfox@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Doesn't steam have a clause to the effect of "if we go out of business, you'll get X period to download your games so you can manage them yourself"?

[โ€“] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Even if that's not the case, the drm is very easy to crack.

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