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Rule of owning (lemmy.ml)
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[-] auzy@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

The reason people buy from steam though and develop for them though is because of their service.

Thor from pirate software mentions that even as a developer there are good reasons for them to use steam.

Even just the cloud saves and such is awesome

[-] msmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 days ago
[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

This is solving the wrong problem entirely.

You do own games. They're products. They're mass-market goods, as surely as when they came on plastic rectangles or glass circles.

Being permitted to continue having things on your hard drive is not a service.

[-] crowbar@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

Steam doesnt make you pay for subscription fee and theres no expiry date for those games, so it's fine I think?

It's still something granted to you at all times, you don't own it. If a fart gets stuck in their asses they can change the grant. It's why actually owning is something desirable.

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[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I hope we don't get expiration dates now...

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