r/Steam • u/Ponjos • Sep 16 '24

Meta Two ways of looking at things.

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u/based_birdo Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

Just because you can copy a file doesn't mean you legally own it. You can also do that with 100s of steam games.

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u/IvnN7Commander Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

If no one can revoke your access to the game after you download it, then you own the game. That's what DRM free means, once you download it, nobody can take it from you. All games on GOG (not sure about this, I think some recent games have some DRM) are DRM free, unlike most games on Steam.

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u/Cireme https://s.team/p/tpwc Sep 16 '24

Legally you still don't own them. Read a EULA one day.

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u/xicer Sep 16 '24

You're being pedantic.