This is very likely the result they were aiming for in the first place. It's a standard coercion tactic, sometimes referred to as "Door in the face" that involves making a big demand that they know will be outright rejected and then doing some small concessions knowing that people would then be more open to it.

EDIT: what person above said also :)

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I do like that this will supported at this level, but when they say "subset" it likely will not include anything that, for example, uses depth maps or anything like that. For my own purposes I will stick to ReShade installed per game. I have an easy file copy-paste preset I use to easily enable it in a game.

I don't use vkBasalt for this mainly because when last I checked it also did not provide the config overlay.

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Quoting: poiuz

Quoting: rustybroomhandleBy that logic, GoG also is DRM because you have to be logged in to download your games.

GOG: No, because GOG only restricts the download of the files. The game files are "free". Multiplayer through GOG Galaxy on the other hand is DRMed, that's true.

You should probably read the EULA on GoG games. They are DRM free at a technical level, sure, but you are still legally limited.

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Quoting: poiuz

QuoteAny form of DRM is bad for consumers

True, but I don't get your Denuvo hate. Steam itself is DRM, but you find it fine. And unlike Denuvo, Steam's DRM is much more invasive: it applies to all games - even when the binary itself is DRM free.

By that logic, GoG also is DRM because you have to be logged in to download your games. Also, how is that more intrusive than something than Denuvo's requirement of elevated system privileges?

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Quoting: eldakingI can already see it, the beginning of their line of gaming bath toys: the Steam Duck!

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Something terrible I made a long time ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMsr6HbClyI

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I also bounced off this. It was okay and I liked the style and setting, but I'd have preferred if it was a lot shorter.

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After reading the original story, I tried to get banned by doing things like changing Proton version, adding reshade, changing driver versions, but nothing so far. I wonder what the exact conditions are that would trigger a false positive.

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So devs get to keep 100% of nothing.

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Humble Bundle, remember they used to have keys for Steam, their own store and.... Desura. Remember Desura?

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Yeaaaah, Unity. My company has been working on their game and while I have been testing it for them on Steam Deck due to me being the only person who has one, I have been reluctant to try talking them into doing a native Linux build because I know how it will perform.

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