Why do people think it's suddenly ok if Valve does it?
Like I mean literally anything such as DRM, micro transactions, banning people, always online, etc. Etc.
Not making excuses, it's how I see it.
@thatbrickster @SuperDicq steam DRM is a formality anyway, you can crack it yourself super easily
@thatbrickster@cawfee.club @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club The fact that something is "easy to crack" does not make a company a good company. That just makes them incompetent at restricting you.
@phnt@fluffytail.org @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club @thatbrickster@cawfee.club Then why do they do it if they don't want to restrict you?
Piracy is a service problem. Don't include any DRM in your marketplace and barely anybody will use it (see GOG), include too much and piracy becomes prevalent. Strike the balance where it is easier to just "buy" the barely DRMed version, then torrenting a cracked version with the possibility of malware and you won.
@phnt@fluffytail.org @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club @thatbrickster@cawfee.club
Don't include any DRM in your marketplace and barely anybody will use it
Maybe we shouldn't be having a "marketplace" in the first place. This is what causes all problems. People no longer develop games for fun, but to get rich.If you don't have a way to buy games, people won't make them, simply because they cannot afford to or it would take a decade to do in their free time. Good free software games basically don't exist because of that. There's Xonotic, STK, Veloren and Mindustry. That's basically it.
@phnt@fluffytail.org @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club @thatbrickster@cawfee.club
People need a living as well
I wouldn't want to make a living off of restricting other people. I'd rather find a different job then. If everyone did this, the proprietary software would be no more.If you don't have a way to buy games, people won't make them
Completely wrong. Many people are very passionate about games and game making and would still make them.it would take a decade to do in their free time
That's fine. The games that a small group of people have worked on for 10 years are usually much better games than triple A studio slop that you beat in 5 hours.Good free software games basically don't exist because of that.
You say basically don't exist but yet you manage to easily come up with a list of games. You are disproving your own point here. And those are definitely not the only games.
@sun@shitposter.world @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club @phnt@fluffytail.org @thatbrickster@cawfee.club I have over 2000 hours in Space Station
@sun@shitposter.world @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club @phnt@fluffytail.org @thatbrickster@cawfee.club Depends on your definition. SS13 was never a commercial game, it was always community run.
The only problem with it is that it used a proprietary game engine.
@Yukari_Kajiwara@ryona.agency @sun@shitposter.world @thatbrickster@cawfee.club @phnt@fluffytail.org @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club You realize the GNU/Jihad is a joke, right?
My argument against using Steam is centered around playing those same games yet PIRATED not telling people to play boring games.
Killing proprietary software gamers is of low priority to me - there are much better targets.
A game is only truly fun if it's free software.
@phnt @thatbrickster @beardalaxy @SuperDicq
>If the opensource/free software community proved anything right, it's the fact that people don't support the developers of the software they are using in 90+% of the cases.
Which is why the best thing to do is to adopt the Ardour business model and sell the binaries and profit off of those who don't know how to compile from source or to get the software elsewhere.
@SuperDicq