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The new owner of GOG discusses taking on Steam, the devil of DRM, and following in Nightdive's footsteps
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Isn't the DRM provided by Steam optional? Like, the developer/publisher is the one ultimately in control of whether or not its used. And plenty of games on Steam do not use it.
The percentage that do not use DRM on Steam is insignificant, around 4%. That leaves 96% that do use DRM.