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Epic Games Store is going to support Linux 'soon' - and that's great news for Steam Deck owners (www.techradar.com)

submitted 6 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ooh, well apologies to all those companies but I guess I won't be playing any of their games.

I don't think there's anything that a game could do that would convince me to install windows for it.

[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I've personally ditched most gaming as a result, same as I mostly stopped following media after DRM became a thing a decade or so ago. I wish more people did the same, because interacting with people while being intentionally unaware of popular culture is difficult

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

DRM has existed since the DVD era. I think there were even several attempts with VHS before that.

[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What do you think, I was already peeved with DVD DRM, but at least it could be bypassed. With streaming services, where the file resides in a server instead of in a physical medium at home, it's much harder to fix that

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

Use GoG. DRM free games. You can download the installer and distribute it for backups. Do anything you like.