I think the term DRM generally only applies to technical measures that restrict the use of a product. Licenses and legal restrictions are a related but separate subject.

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Quoting: jens(I'm missing a word: something like extreme, it is either 100% one side or 100% the other, nearly no in-between, at least not outspoken).

"Polarized"? I guess people who don't feel strongly about a subject aren't likely to comment on it.

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Quoting: jensPeople here are sadly recently immediately on the edge as soon as the subjects Steam/Valvue or DRM are touched. (I guess I had my share in it too.) Impartial opinions aren't that easy to find anymore.

Hasn't DRM been a point of contention since... well, since it was first introduced? There's nothing recent about this, and it's easy to see why some people feel strongly about it. The basic issue is a lot like the proprietary vs free software debate. It's all about who decides what you can and cannot do with a product you've bought. If indeed you're even paying for a product and not just a license to use it.

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Quoting: iiariI'd think that the people most interested in a title would go in for early access, but maybe I'm wrong....

If I'm really interested in experiencing a game, why would I spoil it for myself while it's still unfinished? The only reason I might buy an EA title is to fund the development, but I'd never play the game until it's actually out.

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Quoting: Guestublock's ability to pre-configure itself for each site is nice, but if you disagree with it (for instance, a site loading Facebook when there's almost always no reason for it to) it doesn't let you start blocking it, or at least not easily, while 3P does, but 3P also starts off unconfigured so it's more of a hassle.

You just need to enable advanced features in uBlock Origin's configuration to get a nice, clickable list that allows you to block or allow stuff. If that's what you mean. You could also enable one of the stricter third party social block lists.

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Quoting: NonjuffoI don't think GDPR applies to services like Github. If it did, it would also apply to things like scientific journals, which operate on the same basic underlying principles (i.e. the content is deliberately publicized along with the (pseudo-)identity of the authors).

How about Wikis just to broaden the discussion a bit?

I guess GDPR applies to any personal information the wiki stores about users. Wiki page content itself is regulated by other laws I'd think, like any public content, articles and such.

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I've had the game suddenly crawl for a good ten seconds a couple of times when I'm running to a new area on 390.48, I'd assume compiling shaders. Maybe the new shader compiler would help there?

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Quoting: minjWhat is a session, anyway? HTTP is a state-less protocol. You get a session by saving a session identifier in a... session cookie.

You're getting stuck on the terminology. The session doesn't need to include any identifiable private data. Just a randomly generated session id and a variable that tells the service not to store cookies on the user's system.

Cookie is a cookie is a cookie, otherwise why would every random site bother you about it on your first visit ever?

No, some cookies are delicious with coffee. And I have no idea what you're asking here. Surely those sites bother you because they're required to if they're going to store and access data on your system.

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Quoting: minjWhat is a session, anyway? HTTP is a state-less protocol. You get a session by saving a session identifier in a... session cookie.

You're getting stuck on the terminology. The session doesn't need to include any identifiable private data. Just a randomly generated session id and a variable that tells the service not to store cookies on the user's system.

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Either disabling the Steam overlay for the game or unchecking "Pause game on suspend" in the Feral launcher might help some of you with stability problems.

EDIT: Or not. It seemed to solve my problems on alt-tab, but leaving the game running in the background as a test for maybe ten minutes hard locked my whole system. I'm on an unsupported driver (390.48) and an unsupported distro so I guess I'll just have to wait for a fix or maybe a new driver. 396.18 causes problems in my other games so it's not an option.

It's not all bad though. The game seems to work just fine and run beautifully if I don't alt-tab.

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