I can’t seem to find that one comment explaining the issue with them…

But for the sake of promoting conversation on Lemmy, what’s the issue with Epic, and why should I go for Steam or GoG?

Note: Piracy is not an answer. I understand why, and do agree to a certain extent… But sometimes, the happiness gained by playing something from a legitimate source is far greater 🥹… coming from someone who could never ever afford to purchase games, nor could my parents… Hence I’ve always played bootleg, or pirated games.

    • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.luEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Technically, Denuvo isn’t DRM, it’s anti-tamper. It protects the actual DRM from being modified or removed. It’s closer to an anticheat, as it ensures the game wasn’t modified.

      Fun fact: my autocorrect changes anticheat to Antichrist.

    • Zorque@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      … right. And it’s also considered one of the premier “evil” DRMs.

      So I ask again… they invented Denuvo?

      • MudMan@kbin.social
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        11 months ago

        Oh, is that the bar? I hadn’t received the memo. That’s cool, then, because Activision, Epic, Microsoft and Ubisoft didn’t invent Denuvo either, so we’re all good.

        All their platfomrs support it and sell games with it, though.

        For the record, Steam actively suggests using multiple online features and multiple layers of DRM to minimize piracy:
        https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/drm