• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    You don’t remember pre-Steam then, because it was already headed down this path. Piracy and used copies have been the boogieman for a long time, and doing anything they can to prevent both was always the natural destination of the industry, unless more people start shopping on GOG.

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      13 hours ago

      You don’t remember pre-Steam

      Do you? pre-steam you would install games and play them outside steam

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        8 hours ago

        Everyone was experimenting with their own lousy DRM, including those that had activation limits and would require a phone call to reset them.