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[–] [email protected] 94 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

unless you only buy no-DRM and your own backups

Going to have to plug GOG here as these are both things they offer. I try to buy games there instead of Steam, purely for this reason.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Going to have to plug GOG here as these are both things they offer.

Note that this is a major selling point for GOG and available on most of their library, but unlike their early days, not everything is DRM-free.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Piracy is the only way, clearly capitalism doesn’t give and inch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago