The dummies who think they can take over our culture by sneaking into our video games don't realize that we don't buy the latest games because we have to, we buy them because we want to, and if they stop making games we want to buy, we'll just stop buying and play what we have instead.
I feel like this is one big reason we need to be fighting for DRM-Free games like on GOG, because if we don't control our games, we're effectively renting them and if the companies running the game stores decide it isn't profitable to keep letting us play them, they can very easily take that from us. Gaben probably wouldn't do that, but what about after he dies of old age and a bunch of idiots infiltrate valve? We'll get Half Life 3 starring Alyx Vance (sorry Gordon Freeman got killed in the intro) and steam will stop serving games with too low of a DEI score.
They can't retroactively change DRM-Free install files sitting on your hard drive -- which is why it's important that you have control over your own shit rather than hoping for software stores to continue being benevolent. If you can't have the install media and use it any time you want, you're just renting.
It's also the reason why everyone should want local DRM-Free copies of their favorite songs and movies, because there's no guarantee that will continue being available. It's only a matter of time until the commissars start to realize that nobody is eating their slop and they start trying to pressure stores to stop providing the stuff people have already purchased, or to pressure streaming services to stop providing old movies or TV shows entirely since that's also going on.
But do you think steam doesn't let publishers change the games they publish? Because I got news for you... They can and they do.
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