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[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

How can this be?! I thought games on Steam had to have DRM.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Nope, it's an optional module of Steamworks. (And using Steamworks at all is also optional.)

[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 hours ago

Yes, I was trying to make a joke, since you read it so often, that games on Steam always have DRM.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What steam provides is weak and optional.

[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I tried and failed to make a joke.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 1 points 7 hours ago

Did you edit it or was it really like that when I replied?