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IIRC that's been a known function of Edge ever since its redesign around 5-6 years ago, regardless of whether you're signed in all URLs go to Microsoft in plaintext

I'd assume Sweeney would know that user tags and steam curators are a thing, but then again EGS doesn't have users

I do it now with the PC I paid market price for, if you subsidise the hardware that's just more money left in my pocket. If you're a manufacturer fixing to take a loss on upfront cost, I bet you'd want to have some kind of assurance about the expected later dividend. It's to Valve's credit that they won't lock the device into a particular ecosystem in that way, though I agree the device won't make a big splash as a result of that higher cost. Overall seems like a weird thing to move forward with given the original steam machines from a decade ago failed for the same reason.

Even Xbox's failures in the console hardware market stem from the bundling of Kinect with XBone, which meant it cost more than PS4. Not that a laggy camera feature is comparable to steam machine's advantages over PS5/XSX, but the console with the laggy camera was only $100 more

Vendor lock-in. Nothing preventing you getting games for your Steam machine off GOG etc or simply pirating them.

That's the whole basis for subsidising consoles... Which is also a thing of the past. Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo are not less greedy than Valve in any way.

What a shame this will certainly flop, not that the price is unexpected in these times but given the first steam machine you hate to see it go down the same way

I guess the main issue i'd encounter is syncing watched progress metadata with YouTube servers, which Grayjay & Smarttube both optionally do

Definitely not the asshole. It's not your problem that your job doesn't have 100% uptime. Where I am we don't have fantastic work protections or anything but at least we legally can't be compelled to take our rest breaks in segments (or multiple breaks together at once). Unfortunately this sounds to not be the case where you are so do what you need to do to keep your job if you need it, but no way in hell should you feel bad. Hope you have better days soon.

Doesn't glass deform over time? Like how windows in old houses are thicker at the bottom

Cloverpit is a roguelike where the gameplay is literally just playing a slot machine

Have seen a few discussions about various aspects of this that aren't fully covered in the article.

The "one-time" check is only after the refundable period for the game purchase has ended. If you go offline at any time during the refund window, you'll lose access after 30 days without checking in. This can be tested by removing the CMOS battery. Game won't launch.

It's not retroactive, only affects new purchases.

An unverified claim is that once the refund window has ended, the temporary license is automatically swapped with a permanent one.

Yes, there is a technical cause to do this given the ability for modded ps4's to effectively get free games direct from Sony by buying them, copying the license file and then refunding them before manually reapplying the copied license.

However, the new system doesn't prevent the same ps4's running pirated game copies via other methods. It only saves Sony some bandwidth.

The exploit also wasn't scalable because it involves the refund process, meaning abuse is easy to detect.

It's true that the customer impact is limited, but I don't see how it's worth it to prevent a small number of unauthorised licenses via one of several available methods. Especially given the negative press.

As always, DRM only hurts paying customers.

Yup that's what they did, article is out of date