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Do you actually own anything digital? (www.theregister.com)
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Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

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[–] my_hat_stinks 10 points 11 months ago

Sort of, but only if you're launching through Steam. You can launch DRM-free Steam games through the executable file without launching Steam if you already have the files downloaded.

Games on Steam don't require Steamworks or any other DRM, if your game won't launch without Steam running that's a choice by the game developer and not a restriction imposed for Steam.