tag:news.ycombinator.com,30244195:30244322 raxxorrax raxxorrax https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30244322

Indeed. Valve established DRM to a degree many previously hoped it would get rejected. But they offered a decent service and proved that piracy is a service problem. What they did for Linux as a gaming platform is spectacular. Not many people use it yet, but Windows does look less and less like a dependable long term solution, especially with Microsofts other ambitions in that industry.