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Do you actually own anything digital? (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fyi, steam doesn't add additional DRM to games. So long as the maker hasn't added anything significant, you can often just copy the game folder out, and run it independently. There's nothing (in theory) to stop you backing it up yourself.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There're few games that work like that. Many use the steam basic drm, making the game not launching if a valid steam session is not running.

That's why I have the generic steam crack. In case they pull the plug some day.