I'm conflicted /v/. On one hand I don't want steam

>>388016893
what's your problem with Origin? Other than
>muh spyware

>>388017293
>autostarts on startup
>have to have a weird name/password I can never remember so I have to go through the recovery process every time I want to play my ONE origin game

LET ME SET MY OWN FUCKING PASSWORD I DON'T NEED IT TO BE A NON WORD CONTAINING CHARACTERS UPPER AND LOWER CASE AND A NUMBER FOR A FUCKING GAMING ACCOUNT REEEEE

>>388017873
you can turn off the autostart
I can't help you with the passwords, write it down or something

>>388017873
use a password manager to generate and store your passwords. keepass or lastpass.

Uhh, you buy through GoG or Humble Bundle whenever you can. Obviously.

>>388018634
I know you can turn it off but it's a pain in the ass and doesn't ask me if I want it to launch on startup

>>388018898
Yah, nah. Easier to just pirate the games if I want to play them bad enough.

>>388019564
>>388019457
>reasonable to solutions to the problems you have
>"yah, nah, I'd rather just keep bitching."

good shit, OP.

GOG. Optional client, DRM-free games. If I had my way, I would make copy protection illegal. Piracy would still be illegal, but DRM causes too much trouble for legitimate customers and puts the preservation of current culture in jeopardy.

Mark my words, we are living in a dark age where a significant amount of our entertainment media will be lost because some shitbaggers working for some company hide their products behind DRM, the companies go under, and the DRM is never removed legitimately. We have to rely on the product being popular enough that someone illegally cracks the copy protection.

It's like if throughout history authors destroyed every copy of their books 50 years after the book was published, or after the author died. That would be absolute madness, so why is it acceptable for digital media to be condemned to a similar fate, and it's illegal to try to stop it?

>>388016893
fix monopolies