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[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

As far as I know the Steam DRM is not mandatory to use for developers.

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I still need to go through Steam for every install.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Non-drm steam games can actually just be copied around like you would copy the installer

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I still need the client once (RIP Windows 7), and installations are not guaranteed to be portable.