• artyom@piefed.social
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    19 hours ago

    external resources (e.g. game servers) outside the responsibility of Steam are different things and I wouldn’t blame Steam for it.

    What if the publisher decides they no longer want it to be available? Is that a “good reason”? It’s outside the responsibility and control of Steam.

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      18 hours ago

      Steam removes it from the store. It’s still in my library and I can still download it anytime.

      That’s been my experience.

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          10 hours ago

          My experience is not reality? lol what?

          Can you show my where this is not the case? I have several games in my library that are no longer for sale on the store because the publisher removed them, yet I can still download and install them.

          I am willing to say there probably is an exception to every rule, so go ahead, do you have a library item that no longer can be downloaded?

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      18 hours ago

      In my book it is.
      It’s still bad and a reason to strive for the ability to fully own games.
      But Steam’s fault? Nah.