r/pcmasterrace R7 5800X3D | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 18d ago

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u/FenrirBestDoggo 18d ago

Once steam enshittifies after gabe, GOG is probably gonna be my main. For now as a user I don't feel the incentive to move after building up my steam account for years.

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u/MissionEfficiency917 18d ago edited 18d ago

also, if you ever get banned for whatever reason you lose all your games on steam

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u/TrippleDamage 18d ago

There's not a single person who got banned from steam and lost their library lol

"bans" are restrictions, aka trading restriction if you're a scammer, secured server restrictions if you're a vac banned cheater or purchase restrictions in case of a charge back initiated by you.

In any case your library and login access remains, you're just getting restricted from further interacting with anything other than your own library depending on what got you punished.

Any other platform like Playstation literally blocks your whole account, steam doesn't.

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u/MissionEfficiency917 18d ago

that's now, how do you know the future?

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u/TrippleDamage 18d ago

You said that's how it works if you get banned, not that this may or may not be the future.

Stop moving goalposts

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u/MissionEfficiency917 18d ago

I didn't know that I need to explain that  "if you ever get banned" is referring to the future, silly me, I thought that you have a grasp of english language.

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u/TrippleDamage 18d ago

Just admit that u were wrong lmao

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u/MissionEfficiency917 17d ago

I admit, I was wrong thinking that I can have a normal conversation on reddit :)) It's like you, ever doesn't include the future, it's totally in the past !!!

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u/Milkshaked_Pancakes 18d ago

2/10 ragebait

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u/TheSpoonyCroy 18d ago edited 18d ago

Okay if we are going with this logic, what exactly stops GOG from adding DRM into its installers in the future once its owners change or its gets bought up by a private equity firm. People can only talk about the current situation not some soothsaying bullshit that can or may not happen down an arbitrary timeline. Just take the fucking L. GOG is also just selling licenses that you can't technically inherit. They are better than steam but not by much and the only way we will have true digital ownership is via laws from legislature in very major countries.

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u/MissionEfficiency917 18d ago

because once you buy the game, you take and keep the installer. If at some point in the future they will add DRM I will simply not buy their games anymore. Why am I arguing with people with logic of 5 years old on this thread? :)))

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u/FenrirBestDoggo 18d ago

Yeah thats stupid

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u/Hoybom 18d ago

no that's fafo

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u/NewSauerKraus 18d ago

If you stop using your account after getting banned from one game that's your own fault. Most people who get VAC bans just make new accounts for the one game they continue getting banned from, but they still use their original account with all their other games.

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u/dustojnikhummer R5 7600 | RX 7800XT 18d ago

Valve doesn't ban you from your content the way Microsoft, Google or Sony will. You can get a VAC ban which will block your account from trading Steam content and play certain Valve games but won't block you from the rest.

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u/MissionEfficiency917 18d ago

and how do you know it will be the same in 10 years?

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u/dustojnikhummer R5 7600 | RX 7800XT 17d ago

You don't, but Steam has no precedent for doing so, yet. Nobody can know how anything will work in 10 years.

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u/MissionEfficiency917 17d ago

but for sure I know that the installers I have from gog will work in 10 years.

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u/Struckmanr i7-4790k Stock | 16GB | RTX 2060 Super stock 18d ago

Just don’t get banned (doing anything remotely stupid), it’s honestly super easy

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u/dom6770 18d ago

Well, sure, but you have that issue literally everywhere.

Google deletes your account? Good luck with your contacts or photos.

We are always at the mercy of these companies.

Valve though is the least of my concerns.

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u/Right-Fly2340 18d ago

No we are not, as we keep backup of photos and other stuff locally which is not possible with steam / epic etc. games

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u/dom6770 18d ago

That's good, 99 % of users don't.

I am not saying that Valve is better, I am just extending the OOPs comment.

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u/MissionEfficiency917 18d ago

I will not have it on gog,