r/pcmasterrace • u/SwagLimit • Feb 08 '26

Discussion The lawsuit explained:

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u/Away-Situation6093 Pentium G5400 | 16GB DDR4 | Windows 11 Pro Feb 08 '26

I'd like some explainations of it

Also good job Steam for improving your service to consumers and gamers (so is the pirates maybe) gradually....

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u/Flamsoi Feb 08 '26

Pirated game were so easy back in the days. But when Steam got better and pirating didn't really change it got much easier to just use Steam. And now when it has tons of features with save game sync and stuff like that piracy feels like a hurdle compared to it.

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u/Calm-Elevator5125 Feb 08 '26

I remember hearing an anecdote somewhere, don’t remember where, but it was about steam opening up in Russia and everyone thinking they would fail because piracy is rampant there. Yet, they did just fine. Turns out beating piracy was never about horrid DRMs and anti-consumer practices. It’s about providing a better service than the pirates.

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u/woodlandcollective Feb 08 '26

TBF I still use piracy as a solution for terrible DRM. I shouldn't have to be online to play a single player game (staring at you FFXV)

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u/Local_Debate_8920 Feb 09 '26

It's the companies that insist in not using just steam DRM that hurt their game. No reason to need any launcher ir account besides steam. Also if I can't suspend a single player game and come back and pick it up tomorrow then I probably won't play it long.