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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 172 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (42 children)

New bypass just dropped: not buying a single-player game that makes you create and log into a third-party service exclusively because that service wants money in the form of your data/wants to enforce DRM.

Edit: the 'Steam tho' comments below are true and Steam's DRM does suck (I use GOG when I can), but they miss the point I'm making, which is that if you're buying a game through Steam, you already have the account set up to comply with the DRM. That's just inherent to the steps of purchasing the game on Steam. Whereas for something like a Sony account here, you don't necessarily have that, and unlike Steam for instance that at least has the value proposition of cloud saves, you're getting fuck-all in return here. Additionally, this account is used for likely only one or two games, just introducing a needless logistical hurdle for account management. Think of how many dozens of essentially burner accounts you would have if every game publisher put this bullshit in.

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is why I pirated the game!

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

See! You didn't have to! Still makes you a hero in my book, but you didn't have to!

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