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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] auzy@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People use steam because it's good service, and a good product.

In fact, they also gave Linux a boost

They also have things like cloud saving

Developers use them because apparently they have some awesome features too for things like multiplayer and such and a great API

[โ€“] lapislazuli@feddit.org 10 points 3 weeks ago

I like steam as a user but it's still proprietary software and I'm slightly concerned about what is going to happen when Gabe Newell steps down as president and ceo of Valve.