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Can anyone overthrow Steam on PC? "As long as Valve is independent and not a publicly traded company," analyst says it looks impossible (www.gamesradar.com)
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[-] BillionaireStew@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

A lot of people don't seem to understand that Steam is DRM.

No one wanted to use Steam when it was released and the only reason anyone did is vendor lock-in on copies of Half-Life that were purchased at retail with no mention of Steam until Valve altered the bargain.

Some "innovation" to force people to use your service to keep playing a game they already purchased.

this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2026
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