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It is a steam game. What more reason do you need to avoid it?

Have you actually visited the link? It is available without DRM.

Yes I have and don't lie. The steam logo should be enough to tell anyone that what you're buying is an "all access pass to the steam service". Further than that, might I direct your attention here http://universesandbox.com/faq/#purchase specifically this paragraph https://archive.is/aKZD7#selection-1333.0-1347.254 where they quite clearly say steam is required and that they haven't decided whether it will be drm free at some point.

> Yes I have and don't lie

You've posted many uncivil comments to Hacker News, and we've asked you not to do this before. If you can't or won't stop, we're going to ban your account.

Just because I called him a liar it is suddenly uncivil? Understood. I won't call out liars.

Yes, thank you. The civil way is to assume that someone is mistaken and correct them politely.

I stand corrected, the presence of the Humble Store widget has not the same meaning as it used to, sadly.

I'm glad you see that now.

What does that mean?

Steam is DRM. Can't play without having authenticated. It infects everything or damn near everything these days. Steam is trying very hard to get a monopoly. They want to lock out competition. They want to control everything you may do with the game you bought (rented might be a better verb).

Because of all that what more reason is needed to not buy a particular game?

It's up to the publisher, you can have a completely DRM free game on Steam. For instance, I just copied the FTL game recently from my Steam install folder to my netbook to play on a trip. Steam has never been installed on it.

Indeed, but it is true that Steam has no indication whatsoever when you download a game (or buy one) whether it's DRM-free or not. It's not explicit in any way.

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