Piracy and razer are the only fucking reasons I have a Windows computer in the house.

Razer just released a web based synapse so you don’t need their shitty software actually installed now. Just a matter of waiting for all the devices to be rolled out and supported.

So between that and this. I can hopefully fully ditch windows. Will be so fucking nice

Learn to actually be self reliant, study and do actual work. Instead of trying to get someone to help make yourself stupider.

It’s both actually. They offer both anti cheat and anti tamper protection!

You also arnt buying games when you pay for them on steam…

Both steam and gog are drm free.

Both have the EXACT same licences for their drm free games.

Gog even has their galaxy API wall just the same as valve as the steam works one locking you to an account.

And both are optional.

Steam DRM and GOG DRM are also optional so if it exists it’s developer choice. Cause GOG does actually sell games with fucking drm and have for years. They arnt ONLY drm free they stopped being 100% strict about that a while ago.

Literally they are identical. Really the only difference is you need steam client or steam cmd to down load a game both require a steam login. Or you go to gog website or their client both of which require a gog login…

It’s the same shit.

Steam just also has triple A games with third party drm too that isn’t optional. Which makes up like 1% of the games on steam at this point.

The steam deck touchpad thing is because it needs the steam input drivers and software.

Realistically if valve decoupled the steam input driver and software from the steam client then you could use it with out the client.

But that’s like bitching you can’t use a video card with out a driver… It’s kind of a well duh

Even then so long as there’s some level of touchpad support you should still have basically functionality so long as there detected which the deck has.

Valve literally doesn’t use drm. ITS FUCKING OPTIONAL AND ITS THE DEV CHOICE TO USE IT. VALVE DOES NOT

I REPEAT

DOES NOT REQUIRE DRM FOR ANY OF THEIR GAMES OR ANYONE ELSES GAMES IN THEIR PLATFORM

IT IS DEVELOPERS CHOICE

You need to turn off the overlay. The games not confused it’s the fact your trying to use steam with out it being there and the dll that calls for it can’t find it.

Delete the dll or slap a txt files in the root folder with the appid and dll will see that and disengage.

Most people just delete the dll since you arnt using it anyways and it’s wasted memory

It is the standard. It’s literally the default. Its mandatory for devs to opt in. There are zero cases on all of steam where drm is the default.

It’s literally in the documentation and has been clear since day 1 of steam. If people fucking read the manual and faqs they would know.

All steam games are drm free by default. They literally have been since day 1. Even the half life games are drm free… Literally always have been.

I’m getting real fucking tired of people not understanding the fuck steam drm actually is.

It’s optional and ENTIRELY up to the dev to use.

Steam games come bundled with a SINGLE dll that hooks into steam for the overlay, cloud storage and other steam features. But this dll is NOT required and can safely be deleted. Steam ALSO supported turned the dll off via a single txt file.

Both cause the game to be simply launched from its normal exe and they never have a check in.

I have over 300 games iv bought from steam that sit on a hard drive and can be launched with out steam ever having been installed on a computer.

Steam first and foremost is just a patcher and download manager. If you don’t need to update your game then you can just slap it in a. Thumb drive and take it with you.

The only reason you NEED steam actively running. Is for steam functions, such as online play for some games that use steam servers and not there own. Games that optionally have chosen to enable the drm function. Or to update your game.

That’s it.

The best I got is 200 10 meg chunks on a 512k ): part 150 something didn’t work…

I was very sad.

Private trackers are such a massive pain in the fucking ass ain’t no one as time for that shit.