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The impudence of Microsoft has reached new (criminal?) heights
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rdl:
That's not so bad then. Steam has to be running constantly when you want to play a game. Damn butthole sniffers.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: rdl on July 09, 2020, 09:50:59 pm ---That's not so bad then. Steam has to be running constantly when you want to play a game. Damn butthole sniffers.

--- End quote ---

This is a great concern why? You still on dialup, or? It does offer you the option of going into offline mode, anyway..

DRM is a thing publishers still want, especially on high profile software, and Steam and most forms of DRM on it are far less intrusive and dangerous than the stuff used for a lot of commercial and professional software.
rdl:
Even when Steam is "offline" it still has to be running and collecting data. It will continue attempting to connect and if the internet is actually available it will transmit data anyway.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: rdl on July 09, 2020, 10:04:54 pm ---Even when Steam is "offline" it still has to be running and collecting data. It will continue attempting to connect and if the internet is actually available it will transmit data anyway.

--- End quote ---

And what is it they're collecting which is so offensive to you? They're games. Consoles will do exactly the same thing if you're using their online services to download games. Games did it before Steam came along and independently long after.
themadhippy:
One  annoying trait of the microsoft xbox being on line is it takes considerable longer for a game to install,also if it sniffs an update either to the console or game it buggers off and gets its update leaving you to dig out the ludo
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