Posted December 07, 2018
karnak1: That's why I can't understand how most guys who I've grown up with can accept so easily the "tiranny" of Valve's client, when it was thanks to lack of DRM (most copy-protected games were so easily cracked that it was almost a joke) that many of them began playing videogames as an hobby.
That's why I'll never be against software piracy.
Even though I understand and respect the publisher's logic, for many poor people piracy is the onnly way they can afford to play games.
I agree with you, though my point was a little different. it's not about simply 'accepting the tyranny', it's about seeing it as the only option, praising it and rejecting everything else as inferior. maybe it's just vocal minority, and most of Steam users do not really care, so I just project my impression of few troll-ish gabenites to whole Steam customer base, but it still makes me feel uneasy. That's why I'll never be against software piracy.
Even though I understand and respect the publisher's logic, for many poor people piracy is the onnly way they can afford to play games.
nay, it's just the monk with cool shades.