I don’t even own a steamdeck yet but most of my actual purchases are from Steam in preparation for the next big revision. Buy Steam cheap from keyshops, pirate GOG for backup.
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They could have easily crammed the Steam Deck full of stuff to make it hard to use for piracy - locking down everything, making it usable only to play games you legitimately own, force you to go through who knows what hoops in order to play games on it. That’s what Nintendo or Apple or most other companies do.
Doing the absolute bare minimum to not be consumer hostile does not warrant praise. Just because Nintendo or Apple are worse doesn't mean Valve is heroic for not doing things they really shouldn't have the right to do anyway.
New Lemmy Post: I feel like the Steam Deck is the best proof of Gabe Newell's quote that "piracy is a service issue." (https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/9447833)
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Yeah, precisely because piracy is a service issue, Turkey and Argentina are going to turn to piracy again, after Valve fucked them over.
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I disagree. You don't seem to understand piracy at all.
If you're going to pirate games, you'll find a way. I have spent hours sometimes figuring out how to do so, and it's almost part of the fun.
The only reason I'd look at buying a Steam deck in future is to play pirated games. If I absolutely love a game and developer then sure, I'd buy it if I have the cash but otherwise you may as well pirate it.
The only reason I don't pirate games IS because of locked down hardware like Playstation Etc. Otherwise, I have pretty much never bought a game on PC.
Your argument that the Steam deck is emblematic of Gabe's statement of piracy being a service issue, is somehow reinforced by telling us all of the artificial hoops you have to jump through to pirate on the Steam Deck? That's just DRM with extra steps.
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