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Steam now tells gamers up front that they're buying a license, not a game (www.engadget.com)

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[–] Pixlbabble@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You used to able to buy a game in a box and it came with a code. Games got too large and instead of the next thing after Blu-Ray, they went full digital. Maybe we can get legislation for PC game have to have a physical option and have discs for installing and when you use the code you can undo the code and be able to resell it. Thoughts?

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

To play devils advocate, which I seem to do a lot lately I admit, you were still just purchasing a license then as well. The process of revocation would be so convoluted as to be all but impossible, but you were never actually purchasing permanent and irrevocable access to the game.

And if you want to get back to that, just buy your games from GOG.

Or just pirate the games you purchase, and it won’t matter if your Steam account is banned or deleted. Which is honestly often the better option these days, because it has the bullshit DRM ripped out of it.