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Article #719715Re: A GOG DRM-free release is announced on Steam :-) :-)
From: Frank E
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:51
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:51
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:11:10 -0400, Rin Stowleigh <rstow...@gmail.com> wrote: >Are you really surprised that a competitor of Steam would potentially >label products available through both services in a way that benefits >them more than Steam? Amazon benefits by putting a negative spin on >Steam by calling the authentication portion DRM. I knew you were >well-medicated but I really thought you were smart enough to recognize >that much. I can't launch Steam if my internet is down so my whole steam games library is unavailable. If that doesn't meet your definition of DRM, I'd like to know what does. By any reasonable definition, steam is DRM. Rgds, Frank
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