Steam will now warn customers at checkout that they're only buying a digital license to a game

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• BigTrout75@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same is true with physical. It’s just harder for them to take it away.

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  • cmeu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was thinking the same thing. I remember playing doom on pc and it was pretty clear then who the rights holder is…

    They just couldn’t remove access, so it felt a lot less like I was “renting” the privilege

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  • MataVatnik@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I used to be an account manager for scientific software. We were pretty explicit on the limitation of support we would give on old licenses

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• EZInstalls@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s great to see more transparency from Steam! This move could spark important discussions about digital ownership and consumer rights.

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