[ozten]

Name a game distribution platform that doesn't do this. It will be a toy example like a zip file purchased off of itch.io or something.

[monkeywork]

GOG is hardly a toy and is the platform I look to purchase tons of games on instead of Steam (which I really like) and definitely over Epic (which I've never even installed)

[ozten]

Right. I have to be signed in to GOG to play Cyberpunk. That violates the spirit of the original commenter

[troyvit]

I think that's the point. The GP post basically said, "Gamers can't be messed with." A child post gave a ton of examples of how gamers are messed with, and this comment helps cement that. It does beg the question as to why Steam isn't as evil as it could be but does choose to be as evil as they are. To me (a very casual gamer) they do seem like the least evil.

Also don't knock those zip files purchased off of itch.io. Sometimes it's good to visit a cottage industry to see what's passing under the radar of the big guys.

[p_l]

Gabe remembers both shareware era, and all the pains to get people to trust Steam in the first place.

Your usual publicly traded (or owned by publicly traded entity) corporation in its accidental intelligence does not

[YeGoblynQueenne]

>> Name a game distribution platform that doesn't do this.

Why? If another platform also disrespects me, does that mean Steam doesn't disrespect me?

[iN7h33nD]

https://www.gog.com/ Is the largest one

[fph]

Humble Bundle

[ozten]

The most common activation keys in a bundle are ... Steam keys.