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I decided to remove three previous essays, which were basically just acrimonious rants about Steam and DRM.
After much consideration, I've come to a sensible conclusion: I will, like everyone else, quietly vote with my dollars. If a game has unreasonable DRM, such as the upcoming Diablo III, I simply won't play it. I won't even set sail for the newly christened "The Promo Bay," also known as "The Pirate Bay." I won't bother downloading it for free, like everyone else who thumbs their noses at Blizzard for being draconian lunkheads, because it's just not worth my time. The previews may look great and the buzz may be considerable... but in the end, I choose not to reward Blizzard's products with any attention for showing such a lack of respect to their honest customers. There are so many awesome games to play, why waste my time on one more DRM headache? Am I really missing out? Nah. For those of you who don't mind being made to dance like marionettes, enjoy! I will continue having the time of my life at my brother's LAN parties, playing older, DRM-free games that would surely cause you DRM lovers to heartily scoff. Ultimately, I realized life does not require you to acknowledge the loss of your dignity, and it's not my job to help you regain it. |