The first public Steam Hardware Survey came in April 2003, but there were private antecedents used by Valve earlier.
    • MattEnglish
      2•5 months ago

      You just rent a license on Steam. So it’s a definition of DRM.

      • @weker01@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        The definition of digital rights management is licensing? That does not sound right to me.

        A long time before steam the software sector moved to selling licenses only btw.

      • @Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        ik, but when you lose your account you can copy the non drmed games to another pc or smth.