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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only way for this to change is to vote with your (virtual) feet and wallet and "cancel" games that have DRM, in my opinion.

[–] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Good luck, there is DRM on almost every peace of software you buy. Most of it you never notice but it is there. I am guessing ~~Id~~ ~~Bethesda~~ Microsoft went a little too hard on their DRM and didn't learn from EAs blunder. We will probably have another Spore situation here and its becomes going to become the number one pirated game of 2025. Or maybe not, the last Doom game wasn't that great and I am assuming this one is trash too.

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are a lot of indie/open games that are DRM-free. I refuse to think all good games are the ones with DRM

[–] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One of Steam's selling point to developers is that it has easy DRM tools for them to use. Bethesda probably added their own DRM on top of Steam's. But no for profit company is going to let you pirate software they spent thousands or millions to developed.

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/drm

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Gog also doesn't have nearly as many games.

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 0 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, and I don't know what you are trying to say.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Shows how much, most companied wont want to give you DRM free stuff.

Who knows, maybe they are gaining side-revenue, selling your memory scans.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

With EA and Spore - SecuROM was a straight up root kit. Basically malware. Pretty sure on the Sims 2 forums there were people who had their computers bricked. (Sims 2 was already messy enough to reinstall sometimes, EA did lots of weirdness with the registry.)

Sony did something similar with music CD’s. Their elaborate scheme to prevent you from ripping your CD’s more than three times or whatever created a vulnerability that was actively exploited by malware developers.