this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2024
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[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] cmeu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month 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

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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

[–] EZInstalls@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

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