Mwa@thelemmy.club to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoSteam competitors be like. [Extended?]lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square250linkfedilinkarrow-up1985arrow-down138file-text
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minus-squaremabeledo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoI’m old enough to remember the uproar because Half Life 2 had Steam as a hard requirement to be activated, even for physical copies. Steam was born as Valve’s DRM.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoAs am I. I admittedly didn’t see the point of it at the time.
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I’m old enough to remember the uproar because Half Life 2 had Steam as a hard requirement to be activated, even for physical copies.
Steam was born as Valve’s DRM.
As am I. I admittedly didn’t see the point of it at the time.