>Get Steam to buy Atlyss to play it online with friends.
>Steam launches every time I start my PC
>Had to go into task manager, autostart and disable Steam from autostarting.
>Open the game EXE.
>Steam starts again.
>Runs in the background the entire time doing fuck who knows what.
>Keeps giving me notifications about what my friends are playing even though I do not care.
>The only way to close it is going into task manager, searching steam and force quitting it.
>Also I can't right click the desktop icon and "go to file path", but I need to manually go into Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common to go into the game files.

>Meanwhile all my pirated games just work when I double click the exe without running anything in the background.

Pirated games are unironically more user friendly, easy to install and use and overall less stressful than buying the games on Steam.
Why should I pay for a worse version of the game.

dang I aint readin allat SYBAU

Works on my PC.

how are you so incompetent at using a computer

I hope you get stabbed in a public bathroom and the residue from someones piss and shit get into the stab wound so even when the doctors treat your wounds you die from a painful and slow infection that causes your family to waste their entire savings attempting to keep you from dying so not only are you dead they're all now broke and fending for their lives after you fucking die

>>715275060
Nigger.
I hope the same thing happens to you.

>>715274787 (OP)
Just go to settings and turn off launch on startup, retard

>>715275060
this but with you instead of OP. thanks for contributing to my blog.

This post reminds me a lot of late 00s early 10s 4chan.

>>715274787 (OP)
Actual skill issue.

>>715274787 (OP)
bait used to be believable

>>715274787 (OP)
damn nigga, you 15 years late

>>715274850
this, but unironically

I wish pirated games could be played online so I had to never bother with this bullcrap again.

>>715274935
It's a pajeet.

Tech illiterates like OP should not be allowed to have computers.

>>715274787 (OP)
I was going to call you a faggot but I actually agree with all of this. You can turn most of the shit off but it's annoying and presumptive that it's the default, and the location of game files is phenomenally fucking retarded

>>715274787 (OP)
Why the fuck can't I just install the game, have the files and the EXE in any folder I want and open the game whenever I want without having to run some random bullshit software like all my pirated games work.

>>715275584
I meant presumptuous

>>715274787 (OP)
>Meanwhile all my pirated games just work when I double click the exe without running anything in the background.
no modern game is cracked they just emulated steam.
you'd know this if you actually did open task manager when playing a pirated game but if you did this you'd notice the crypto miner running alongside the emulated version of steam

>>715274787 (OP)
>>Steam launches every time I start my PC
You've already proven that you fail the basic ability to operate a computer
Please step away from the keyboard and call your handler

>>715275584
You are as much of a retarded third world retard as OP is, just like every zoomer dumbfuck nigger idiot that can't figure shit out without a visual guide or a faggot youtuber to tell them exactly how to do it

>>715275943
This is cumbersome and stupid compared to just right click and then go to file direction.
I do not want to use their stupid program for everything.

>>715276061
what do you think is in that fucking picture you absolute triple nigger
what the fuck do you think I just fucking did
I RIGHT CLICKED the FUCKING GAME
AND SCROLLED DOWN
AND WENT TO THE FILE DIRECTION
YOU ARE A WORTHLESS FAGGOT FUCKING DIE DIE DIE DIE

>be me
>use linux
>type "steam" in terminal when i need it
>when i dont need it close terminal and it ends all steam processes
windowstard btfo

>>715276358
>You have to rightclick the game in their shitty UI instead of actually using the link on the desktop.
Having to open their shitty UI, then click the library tab and THEN righclick the game is needlessly cumbersome compared to just using the link on desktop like any normal software.

Do you guys launch your game from that shitty UI too? Jeez!

>>715274787 (OP)
>>The only way to close it is going into task manager, searching steam and force quitting it.
Skill issue.
>>715275761
>Why the fuck can't I just install the game, have the files and the EXE in any folder I want and open the game whenever I want without having to run some random bullshit software like all my pirated games work.
Because the developer of [whichever game you're crying about] chose to use Steam's DRM.
Some games on Steam just launch without starting Steam when you double-click the executable. Some braindead idiot is going to call me a liar so here's one example. The fact that it works without Steam isn't even a bug; it's a feature. The game detects that Steam isn't running, but just displays a warning about not having cloud saves or whatever and then works anyway. This is Linux but I'm not restarting my computer just to verify that it behaves the same way on Windows. If this is only a Linux thing then let me know so I can laugh about it.

>>715274787 (OP)
Steam ain't psychic, OP. It doesn't know what settings you want by default, and it doesn't know what install directories you want by default. So it has default settings you can change before doing a single fucking thing.
You know, like most programs on PC. Which this is apparently your first time ever using, phonejeet.

>>715277123
Why the hell do I even need a program to parasitize all my games?
Just let me download and play them.

Geez, I wish pirated games worked online so I didn't have to deal with all this crap.

CDs had their DRM jank too, but at least they were easy to use and did not run random garbage in the background.

>>715274787 (OP)
>buy online multiplayer game with soft drm
>complain about drm
Stop sperging and have fun with your friends.
Never used but try online-fix if you don't want to use the servers of steam. Doubt your friends will, though.
You are complaining about having to launch the online server connection software to play in a online server.

>>715275060
This will happen to your mom if you don’t masterbait to tranny bbc porn tonight.

>>715274787 (OP)
OK

>>715277675
>Stop sperging and have fun with your friends.
Having to open task manager and shut down steam after quitting the game is annoying.
Having to manually go to the file location to install mods or tamper with the files is very annoying too.
I wish all DRM died.

>>715274787 (OP)
>>Had to go into task manager, autostart and disable Steam from autostarting.
I hate steam so much. takes up 1 FUCKING GIGABYTE OF MEMORY just to launch games
why the fuck did they have to switch to (((chromium embedded framework)))

>>715274787 (OP)
>>Had to go into task manager, autostart and disable Steam from autostarting.
There's literally an option in Steam's settings to disable this.
>>Keeps giving me notifications about what my friends are playing even though I do not care.
There's literally an option in Steam's settings to disable this.

>>715274787 (OP)
you sound retarded

>>715274787 (OP)
Use goldberg or smartsteamemu

>>715274787 (OP)
You should hang yourself troon.

>>715276834
Steam's DRM is optional.
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam

>>715275060
This. OP is a faggot.
>>715275119
>>715275205
>1min between both posts
NOOTICING!!
Keep seething OP.

>>715274787 (OP)
>>The only way to close it is going into task manager, searching steam and force quitting it.
>>715277931
>Having to open task manager and shut down steam after quitting the game is annoying.
What's wrong with right-clicking the tray icon and selecting Exit Steam? That completely stops all Steam processes on my machine.
Clicking "Steam" and then "Exit" from the menu bar on the main Steam window should also completely shut it down if your computer isn't broken.

>>715274787 (OP)
I'm so tired of all these bait threads.

>>715278671
>Have to take a course to learn the shitty DRM program that adds absolutely nothing for the consumer just to play my games I bought.

>>715278971
If you think you need to take a course to know that a program can be closed by selecting "Exit" from its menu bar, then you're hopeless. Buy a console.

>>715279554
Still bloody annoying that I have to close that shit every time I quit gaming.
I shouldn't even need some parasite program running in the background to run my online games.

>>715274787 (OP)
>Runs in the background the entire time doing fuck who knows what.
I miss when this was unusual and sus, now every fucking app wants to always be on
FUCK CAPTCHA byt the way

>>715279879
This IS unusual and sus.
Pirated games do not require running a parasite program in the background.

>>715278971
literally how all windows tray programs work. imagine being so retarded even windows filters you

>>715274787 (OP)
>retard furfag bought game that uses steam networking for multiplayer
>"wtf why steam running in the background?!?"

>>715278591
Are you incapable of reading? Most devs do opt into it

>>715280135
I'm just letting you know it's not a Linux thing like you asked.

>>715278591
>Steam's DRM is optional.
That's what I said.
>>715280248
>I'm just letting you know it's not a Linux thing like you asked.
He isn't me, and my comment about being too lazy to confirm the same behavior on Windows was regarding Shovel Knight in particular.

oh boy another ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶l̶y̶ ̶d̶a̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶h̶o̶u̶r̶l̶y̶ every 15 minutes tech illiterate thread

>>715280432
Ah, then I did misunderstand. But the page addresses that too, with a checkmark for Windows and a question mark for Linux.

>>715280692
What is that list spreadsheet? How do I look this shit up

>>715280075
>Willingly buy game on a digital platform you don't like or support
>Kick and scream about said platform instead of realizing that it might be the game dev ximself that is pozzed and retarded

>>715280882
pcgamingwiki.com

>>715280903
or you can just crack it and flip off gaben and the publisher for forcing you to use a service you don't like

>>715280882
Anon, please. Read through the replies.

>>715274787 (OP)
>Steam launches every time I start my PC
Stopped reading there, OP is a retard.

>>715281193
>>715281320
Oh ok thanks

>>715281228
>or you can just crack it and flip off gaben and the publisher for forcing you to use a service you don't like
In this case you are hurting the Atlyss dev more than Gaben himself, unless you don't like the dev because he's a stupid faggot that think he is too good for being a smut artist and wants a normalfag audience now THEN doing that that might be okay with you.

>>715281228
>or you can just crack it and flip off gaben and the publisher for forcing you to use a service you don't like
In this case you are hurting the Atlyss dev more than Gaben himself, unless you don't like the dev because he's a stupid faggot that think he is too good for being a smut artist and wants a normalfag audience now THEN doing that that might be okay with you.

>>715274787 (OP)
post your fursona or i will personally ban you

>>715281806
Not him, but I assume he meant cracking after buying so your money would have already went to both.

>>715277931
>Having to manually go to the file location to install mods or tamper with the files is very annoying too.
As opposed to what? There is also a steam workshop where you can download mods in one click
Come give me the next bait

>>715283023
And this is calling me tech illiterate!!!
No thanks! I want to manually install my mods only. I need no parasite program for that.

>turn on xbox/playstation
>launch game
>turn off xbox/playstation
>wtf i can't run the games without the xbox/playstation running in the background!

>>715274787 (OP)
You could've googled this shit instead of humiliating yourself by making a thread.

you're upset that you have to have steam open when playing a multiplayer game?
it takes up 600mb of ram, how fucking poor are you
16gb of ddr4 costs $35

OP is retarded

>>715274787 (OP)
just click play you retard

>>715274787 (OP)
i can't play atlyss because every single thing i download says corrupt download or content unavailable
;_;

>>715274787 (OP)
imagine getting filtered by steam. you must have room temperature IQ (in centigrade). I'm impressed you were able to pass the captcha.

>>715289007
I am not "getting filtered".
I just think it's retarded and super cumbersome and annoying compared to pirated games and shouldn't be nessesary to play online.

>>715278971
>Have to take a course to learn
is this your first time using a computer?

>>715289513
>I just think it's retarded and super cumbersome and annoying compared to pirated games
then go pirate the games you flaming faggot. stop crying around here, you're shitting the place up more than it normally is.

>>715290159
How do I play pirated games online?

>>715290232
online-fix.me

>>715290232
use a search engine or LLM, I'm not paid to be your mentor faggot.

>>715274935
/thread

>>715289513
>"I am not getting filtered"
>proceeds to explain in detail how he got filtered

>>715274787 (OP)
Imporessive how visciously fags defend their anti consumer bullshit company.

>>715290850
every single thing listed in op is the developer/publisher's fault for opting in for steam drm

Look for the Goldberg emulator and you're good to go. If you were smart and bought games without DRM other than Steamworks, most of the time all you need to do is download a fucking DLL and put it in the game folder.

>>715274787 (OP)
>all the steamtards seething in this thread
OP is completely right, having to launch a fucking storefront with ads every time you want to play a game is absolutely disgusting and is not acceptable. Pirated games are pure.

>>715290850
>be shitskin poorfag pajeet
>be mad about your lot in life
>seethe at steam for not letting you play pirated games on its multiplayer networks
>shill for EGS because they enable your poorfaggotry
>waste anons time making dogshit threads lying shamelessly about Steams features

Never post again OP you shitskin faggot, go to poopchan.org and never come back.

>>715291124
>absolving jewlve, the makers of said DRM, of any responsibility
you're like the kike apologists who defend jewgle's jewish (((get it from play))) anti-sideloading DRM because "hurr durr it's optional." except if it didn't exist, no company would bother sinking money into rolling out its own solution to invalidate sideloading

>>715291324
I won't argue with that, but I wish devs had their own storefronts so I don't have to go through Steam. Just ask the publisher to run ad campaigns that link directly to their website to buy games instead of third party storefronts like Origin, Epic or Steam.

>>715291430
Wow, so much projection!

>>715291430
>defending multiplayer DRM
anyone with a brain hates it
everyone was applauding when alterIWNet was unveiled. of course, infinity ward went full OY VEY SHUT IT DOWN mode and quickly fired off (((cease and desist))) letters

>>715291541
Or, you know, just make a website where you can pay money to download the installer and then install the game wherever you want like a pirated game but you also get online because you paid money.

>>715291541
>I wish devs had their own storefronts
that's kind of what it was like before steam, but with only patches. and companies would delete them or go out of business, etc..

>>715291541
>chinkpic
>cuckrigin
those are much worse than valve's though
>>715291674
you will accept (((digital storefronts))) and you will be happy

>>715291629
If you hate DRM and have a brain, then you buy your games from GoG instead of seething about how there are games with DRM on Steam - knowing that Steam doesn't explicitly ban using DRM.

>>715291629
while i sympathise with your sentiment, as someone who grew up playing quake 3 arena installed on school and home computers with no drm or protection, that is a ridiculously stupid idea in the modern era, to host multiplayer games with no drm, you will wind up getting hacked badly by pajeet codemonkeys, like anyone who played an old CoD game that the kikes at blizzard dropped support for.

>>715291674
>>715291701
>>715291757
I'm a different anon btw, I just wanted to chip in to the conversation even if OP is a baiting retard

>>715291802
>if you don't like it leave
not an argument. stop defending anti-consumer practices
>>715291902
drm doesn't stop hackers. it only stops people from playing the game. see the latest scandal over remote code execution in call of duty WW2 in spite of its (((drm)))

>>715292064
It's not "if you don't like it, leave". It's "Use alternatives that aren't anti-consumer". Retard.

>>715292064
you're not thinking rationally here. No it doesnt completely prevent this issue, however, allowing any shitskin turd worlder enter a lobby with a pirated game, allows them to grief and hack anyone, with potentially zero recourse from the devs.

Its like sending a small girl to run through the NYC jew tunnels naked and alone, instead of letting her walk through the jew-district fully clothed being mostly watched by her lazy brother.

>>715292442
>use other alternatives
that's what leave means. great job arguing semantics

>knows how to pirate and how to install pirated games
>can't figure out how to turn off launch on startup and friend notifications on steam
>can't figure out how to right click on the little icon in the tray and select exit like literally every single program that hangs out in the tray
bait used to believable

>>715292598
Ok, thank you for contributing to anti-consumer practices by not using the alternatives that actually give you the service that you are looking for. Retard.

>>715274787 (OP)
keep pirating but drop your friends to make it

>>715292546
weird how it doesn't happen in games like terrari-
>it's a tourneyfag faggot playing matchmaking slop
of course

>>715291324
>having to launch a fucking storefront with ads every time you want to play a game is absolutely disgusting and is not acceptable. Pirated games are pure.
I click on the game shortcut and it launches. Sorry you're such a stupid nigger.

>>715293530
That's because you have steam running 24/7 retard.

>>715293793
and the issue with that is?

>>715294048
why does steam use up 1GB of ram
isn't there a low memory option somewhere?
>inb4 download more ram
go fuck yourself. thanks to retards like you we have to suffer teams, discuck, slack, steam, and loads of other electron cancer

>>715277290
then buy your shit on fucking GOG you retard

>>715275896
goldberg steam emulator is completely open source, just build it yourself if youre a scared little baby

>>715274787 (OP)
Lot of faggots in this thread. You're right about everything anon, steam is some bullshit. I wish we could go back to buying games drm free on CD.

>>715277616
Some of them, did, but others just worked. No DRM at all, not even a disc check or CD key. What we need is a world without DRM.

>>715294293
>1gb
i'm seeing 600mb
and ram costs actual fucking peanuts now

>>715280903
If platforms like Steam didn't exist, devs would be forced to distribute their games without Steam's annoying drm and nagware.

>>715294293
Its an electron app. As to why it is one, Valve is lazy and refused to maintain their own codebase.

>>715296481
Yeah, why should anon care about 1 GB. 2 GB isn't that big, 4GB shouldn't bother him at all. 8 GB is so small that I don't even notice using it. 16 is basically nothing. He should get over it and accept that using 64GB in the background in a nothing burger. Only poorfags would care about 128GB of ram.

>>715296523
why would a dev want to go through all the effort associated with selling shit online when they can just upload their files to steam and be done with it?
it's more convenient for customers, it's more convenient for developers, only nitpicky retards who already hate steam care about this

>>715296836
if steam's ram overhead is so massive to you that it's a make or break in this situation you should be worrying about feeding yourself rather than buying games
if you can afford games you can afford a stick of ddr4

>>715296909
>why would a dev want to go through all the effort associated with selling shit online when they can just upload their files to steam and be done with it?
Aside from being good and considerate people, they really don't have a reason. That's the problem.

Its convenient for me because I don't have to be tethered to the internet and the steam client forever to play my games. Maybe I want to play a game without updating, maybe I want to copy my game to another PC without downloading it again, maybe I don't want to keep upgrading my PC forever to maintain the ability to play a game that came out in 1998. I shouldn't need a Windows 11 PC to play Half-Life and I shouldn't need an internet connection either.

>>715293281
so you're shifting the goalposts? not that you know jack shit about my steam library, but are pug-systems in games not also important? or are you just retarded and irrational and have no interest in anything that restricts or inhibits your own personal idea of fun, regardless of the cost to others?

>>715296836
stop being poor and whiny, nobody cares.

>>715297416
>if you care about ram you're poor
This philosophy is why software sucks today despite it running on hardware thats 1000x stronger than what the better software was running on 20 years ago. Its not going to stop at 1GB, nor is it going to stop at 1 stick of DDR4. Its going to keep rising and rising forever until you need over 100GB just to open a glorified web browser. Meanwhile this same software with the same functionality ran comfortably on 128MB of RAM when it originally released.

This is nothing but laziness and it shouldn't be tolerated.

>>715297937
>stop being poor and whiny, nobody cares.
You clearly do since you're replying to me.

>>715296481
and you're assuming
>everyone has free ram slots and extra capacity
>that steam is the only piece of bloatware on people's computers
>that it doesn't have memory leaks that will cause it to rise way above that over time
>that you're not a retard who should kill himself

>>715298202
with the exception that ram efficiency just doesn't fucking matter
it's not like game optimization where everything adds up, you either slow down to a crawl stuck in pagefile or you don't
and you'll have a hard time doing that on 32 let alone 64 while playing games

>>715299007
Not every system comes with 32 or 64 GB and many can't be upgraded. If someone is playing on a laptop that's a few years old they really do have to count gigabytes.Or what if I just don't want to upgrade? Why should I be forced to change out my pc every 5 years when I only want to run the same software I've been running?

>>715299007
>yes goy just get 512 GB of RAM. if you can't then you're poor and gaming is not for you
one of the biggest reasons why I hate steam: the insufferable drones who will lick valve's boot unapologetically
ps: I hate shittendo, microshite, and shitny too
captcha KYS K80

>>715276623
>having desktop icons in 2025
Do poors really?

>>715299758
Windows 7 support just got dropped 15 years after it launched. Steam still works despite this. If you can't or won't upgrade in 15 years, you don't deserve electricity.

>>715298839
>>everyone has free ram slots and extra capacity
so instead of spending $30 on 2x8 ddr4 3600 sticks you're spending $50 on 2x16 ddr4 3600 sticks and replace them all or $60 for 32gb of sodimm?
that's literally the worst case scenario and even then it's basically nothing
>>that steam is the only piece of bloatware on people's computers
and how many do you think people have running while gaming?
>that it doesn't have memory leaks that will cause it to rise way above that over time
never seen that happen and most people don't leave their pcs up overnight, that's bad practice
even then, restarting steam takes 20 seconds

>>715300339
>YES GOY JUST GET 32GB
>keep throwing money away
>btw in 5 years steam alone will take up 20gb of ram, on top of your os and web browser so better keep upgrading
>what do you mean you don't want to? stop being a sour grapes poorfag!
kill yourself holy shit. stop defending bloat

>>715300483
>bloat
>like that exists when no PC has less than 128GB anymore

>>715300339
>just 5 years ago 8gb was enough
>now 16 is not enough
>soon 32gb will not be enough
>tons of computers capped at 16gb will have to be thrown away for no fucking reason
I refuse to participate in your jewish planned obsolescence scheme. begone kike

>>715300216
>. Steam still works despite this
No it doesn't, you have to use an old version to get it to start on windows 7, and that could break at minute should valve change anything on their end.
>If you can't or won't upgrade in 15 years, you don't deserve electricity.
Why? You keep saying this, but you provide no justification. Is it my duty as an American citizen to provide Intel, Nvidia, and Microsoft money every few years? Do they have the divine mandate of heaven to demand sacrifices from my wallet? Will the world end if I don't?

>>715300483
steam consumes $1 worth of ram in the worst case scenario
if you have the time in your life to obsess over bloat you have time in your life to work for that extra ram stick

>>715300654
>as an American citizen

>>715300605
I've never even seen a PC with 128GB of RAM in my life
>muh poor
Not an argument, your claim is still wrong.

>>715300762
what part of my computer's ram is maxed out don't you understand you fucking migger.
i'm not gonna through away my computer and waste $1500 on a new one because your jewish overlords couldn't bother to not rape my ram don't you understand?
what part of unavailable ram is wasted ram don't you understand faggot?

>>715300826
I haven't seen one with less in years.

>>715300808
>no argument

>>715300762
So what, I have to go out and buy a new DDR4 capable PC just to run a program that ran fine on 128MB when it first came out?

>>715300917
>won't spend money
>calls other people Jewish
I don't think you know what you are.

>>715301120
>ad hominem
I accept your concession

>>715300967
Well just because you only have the one computer and have never been to another person's house doesn't everyone else is as much of a shut in as you. Most people don't have that much RAM.

>>715300917
how the fuck could you possibly be maxed out and complain about steam's ram consumption? still on fucking ddr2? worry about putting food on the table if you have it that bad

Someone your age shouldn't be playing Atlyss.

>>715301231
>claims I'm shilling grits

>>715275226
Now I remember this video https://youtu.be/dCEQZ_4V7NY

This thread just shows how computer illiterate some retards are. I blame smart phones.

>>715301236
My Q6600 machine in 2008 had 8GB DDR2, and this nigga has 128MB of EDO.

>>715301119
>>715300917
why do you think acting like an aggressive retard is a viable strategy to get people to agree with you? you're stupid and poor, stop posting. You either learn from your betters here, or fuck off and go be cancer on r*ddit.

32gigs gets maxxed out by random programs that have memory leaks, if you use your pc for a heap of hours, that being said, steams never been a problem for me resource-wise ever. 64gigs is the new master race standard for "install and forget you ever had a ram limit".

>>715301509
You're the aggressive retard here. A game launcher shouldn't be using more than 50MB of RAM, 1 GB is absurd. I don't care how much RAM I could install, that's still wasteful. That's like heating my house by burning dollar bills in the fireplace. Sure, if I were rich enough I could afford that, but its wasteful, so it'd be stupid to do even if I had billions of dollars to burn.

>>715301790
>A game launcher shouldn't be using more than 50MB of RAM
You shouldn't be gay, but here we are.

>>715301906
>ad hominem, again
And you have the gall to call other people aggressive retards?

>>715302012
>/v/ is one person
Care to suck some more cock?

>>715302118
/v/ isn't one person, but (you) are.

>>715301790
>muh waste
there are hundreds of things in your life that waste more than having to deliver slightly more power to your ram to keep steam up

>>715302312
We're a they/them.

>>715274787 (OP)
>Get Steam to buy furshit and play it online with your furfag friends
not your blog

>>715302350
Why add to that list unnecessarily?

>>715274787 (OP)
shut up timmy

>>715274787 (OP)
Why would you make a blog post about being a retard?

>>715302634
why obsess over one of the lowest rated entries?
you could stop using your AC, you could stop using heating, you could reuse water, you could stop flushing piss, you could take only cold showers, you could cut corners on your diet, you could buy second hand clothes etc
and you care about the tiny extra bit of power your ram sticks eat up?

>>715302929
>you could stop using your AC, you could stop using heating, you could reuse water, you could stop flushing piss, you could take only cold showers, you could cut corners on your diet, you could buy second hand clothes etc
Those aren't waste, I actually benefit from the doing the costly alternatives to those. Making a program that could work fine with 50MB of RAM require over 1GB does nothing but eat away at system resources and force me to use more powerful hardware to play my games. How do I benefit from Steam using 1GB of RAM.

>>715276623
>then click the library tab
Use case for other tabs? You doing gay community shit boy? AHAHAHAH FUCKING FAGGOT.
>I just want to play games
>use the community tab like a gaylord.
>no its the store I promise
Do that shit in a browser.

>>715274935
Thread should've ended here.

>>715274787 (OP)
>launch game that uses steam's online services in order to function
>steam launches itself so that its online services function
>wtf why is steam launching??

>>715274787 (OP)
Now you know how WE feel when every crap game tries to push EOS and install the Epic Overlay on us.

Go back to your dead launcher.

>>715276623
>minimize to desktop double click game
>click steam double click game
>or start -> type game name -> enter/click
It's the same amount of clicks you retard. Desktop icon users are fucking retarded.

>>715276623
>doesn't know about small mode

Underage browns

>>715303163
you don't benefit from having a modern amount of ram?

>>715303772
I can, but I don't benefit from programs using 20x more ram than they need.

>>715274787 (OP)
Steam is basically mafia spyware holding the pc gaming industry hostage.

>>715277939
Indians.
That is literally the answer.

>>715304064
Steam uses like 400MB of RAM which is normal for a web browser. Which is what Steam is.

OP somehow managed to pick the most retarded tech-illiterate complaints possible about a piece of software that has many, many legitimate complaints that can be made about it
It's honestly quite incredible

>>715304819
Why does it need to be a web browser? I already have one of those, and it works a lot better than the one built into Steam. And if needs to be a web browser, why does it need to be a fully featured Chrome fork? They did just fine with chat and browsing the Steam store on 128MB before, why does it need that much now?

>>715305183
Why does every other store client also use Chrome? Because it's the easy solution.

>>715305704
And that's the problem. The devs take the easy path because no one calls them out for it. If they actually stood to lose market share and reputation for it then they wouldn't do it.

>>715306031
It's hard to give a fuck when it works.

>>715277616
>but at least they were easy to use and did not run random garbage in the background.
half of them had Norton Antivirus bundled in thoughbeit.

>>715274787 (OP)
Learn how to use your computer instead of giving people yet another reason to hate furfags.

>>715306357
What games came bundled with antivirus software?

Steam might be annoying but PC gaming was MUCH worse before steam came along.

I cant imagine zoomers having the patience to type out the shitty 32 character cd key on the box every time you install a game. Waiting an hour or two for it to install from disks. You only know about game updates when suddenly you or one of your friends cant connect anymore and you have to manually go find and install the patch.

Other early DRM was much much worse than steam. We got the lesser evil.

>>715307352
why tolerate any evil at all when drm-free exists

>>715274935
this

>>715307352
Steam was around before GFWL
>I cant imagine zoomers having the patience to type out the shitty 32 character cd key on the box every time you install a game
Its not that bad.
>Waiting an hour or two for it to install from disks.
It took 15 minutes at most
>You only know about game updates when suddenly you or one of your friends cant connect anymore and you have to manually go find and install the patch.
Better than being forced to update arbitrarily any time the dev pushes a new update, and being unable to play your game while its updating.
>Other early DRM was much much worse than steam. We got the lesser evil.
Unless you mean really early DRM like those puzzle wheels that came with some DOS games, no it was better. CD keys were nothing and disc checks were easy to patch out. And all of this meant you could buy used PC games, install without internet, and have the original launch version of the game should you ever want it.

>>715280135
then its the devs choice, valve doesnt force anybody to use DRM

>>715307963
Because steam offers a shitload of features and if valve took a hardline stance against drm, way less games would come to steam.

>>715308641
who gives a fuck about features, just play the damned game.

>>715307963
because steam offers features i want

>>715308746
if i have the option to play the game or play the game + extras

obviously im going to take the extras

shit like cloud saves, steam input, workshop, local file transfer, proton integration, steam community market, and so on

>go to the Steam RIP website
>get free PC games
It's that simple!

That's how I roll!

>>715274787 (OP)
not a problem on my ps5 I press X at the game and they launch and they work

>>715308746
Me, actually. If I have to install software on my computer to buy and play video games, that software better do something useful.
I don't want to install useless shit software.

>>715308746
>who gives a fuck about features
I do. Steam makes gaming more convenient, even with just basic things like updating now is something nobody has to think about whereas with your method it become way more annoying. Piracy is a service problem and steam knows that well enough to earn its place.

>>715309143
>If I have to install software on my computer to buy and play video games, that software better do something useful.
that software is DRM though. it isn't needed.

>>715308314
>it wasnt that bad, and didnt take that long
It was, and it did.
>buy used PC games, install without internet, and have the original launch version of the game should you ever want it
I agree, this should be the norm for most games. But for online multiplayer slop, steam does the job well

>>715274787 (OP)
ever heard of GOG?

>>715311380
>It was, and it did.
When was the last time you installed a game from CD? I do it all the time and it does not take that long.

>>715311601
On your modern computer? Sure. Even just mounting ISOs and installing is super quick.
But that shit was aids on a 550mhz dell

drmless digital<<<fully offline physical<<<<<<<<<<<<<digital with drm<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<literal shit<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<physical keys

>>715312165
you mistook '<' with '>'

>>715274787 (OP)
>Get Steam to buy Atlyss to play it online with friends.
you weren't getting much to begin with LMFAO

>>715312052
I haven't tested it on a 550 Mhz Dell, but I have done it on a 3 GHz P4 system and it was lightning fast, and that's despite it being over IDE and installing to a mechanical drive.

>>715277123
Yes, goym, stop nooticing things. It's a default setting. don't ask why the default is always set to paratize into your computer when possible on installing it.
>>715308641
See? Good goym are easily entertained by bells-n-whistles like achievements and cards, they love this. Pay up and be a good goy.
>>715309381
>>715289513
>>715278971
Bad goy. It's only convenient when our service makes things easier for your, if it doesn't that's on you, who isn't computer-literate,

>>715312727

>>715274935
consoles makes people that dumb.
they are even worse than smarphones.

>>715312492
Yeah, I've still got a 3ghz p4 and things were better by then. Still have an AGP GPU in it too. Its honestly the sweet spot for old games.
By then CD/DVD drives were MUCH faster than earlier ones

>>715313373
I do have an older P3 system. I don't know the speed of the CD-ROM drive in it and I haven't done anything with it. I suppose I should go set it up and see for myself how fast it installs from disc.

>>715301790
still being an angry retard i see. Steam is a gaming platform, chat app, store, library, a literal all-in-one program that does more things than any other app i have on my pc. 50mb? stupid, stupid manchild, get a real job and stfu you know nothing about anything.

>>715307352
>what is gamecopyworld
Nah, it was better

>>715308314
>Steam was around before GFWL
irrelevant
>Its not that bad.
liar
>It took 15 minutes at most
shameful liar
>Better than being forced to update arbitrarily any time the dev pushes a new update, and being unable to play your game while its updating.
Absurd, incoherent and wrong, you should be banned on principle for this post alone.
>Unless you mean really early DRM like those puzzle wheels that came with some DOS games, no it was better. CD keys were nothing and disc checks were easy to patch out. And all of this meant you could buy used PC games, install without internet, and have the original launch version of the game should you ever want it.
ineffective, inefficient, physical media is a relic of user-unfriendly design and its why only malcontent retards on 4chan whine about it.

Literally nobody else i know in the nerd-sphere irl cares at all, the only ones who do, just autistically collect old consoles and games. You're mad about shit nobody cares about, and you can barely make a coherent thought. You're dumb, know your limits, your place and stop posting forever.

>>715309973
Yeah, go fuck yourself. If you aren't going to release all the games without that so called "DRM" software, then shut the fuck up.

>>715274787 (OP)
>He thinks your pirated games aren't running in the background sometimes
Had to nuke a miner the other day. Really annoying.

>>715312727
dont use anti-semitic slurs please, you're too stupid to pretend to be a member of the master race, you're making white people look bad.

>>715312962
based

>>715314003
its still up, its a cheat website, why even bring it up? who cares about cheating except chinks and other turd worlders?

>>715314510
Skill issue. Use GOG installers, which are signed and easily verified as clean. When that fails, get a "clean files" dump off rin and manually apply Steamless and Goldberg. When dealing with Denuvo, prefer well-known repackers and make sure you're not using a copycat site.

>>715274787 (OP)
How are you this bad at using a computer?

>>715314727
>its still up, its a cheat website, why even bring it up? who cares about cheating except chinks and other turd worlders?
It also hosts no-cd cracks.

>>715276529
Using the terminal is more effort than just adjusting the settings to what you want them to be a single time.

>>715314727
Everybody back pre-2010 went there for no-cd and no-dvd cracks and the generic copy protection removal tools
Nobody used the trainers

op has less iq than the fly that just ran into my electric net

>>715314446
>how dare you... promote the very thing we both want!

ok?

>>715277616
Looking for a CD in your pile is a lot more effort than clicking play on steam.

>>715315139
>he didn't have a dedicated CD shelf

>his computer is so shit hes worried about a process running in the background

>>715277939
>takes up 1 FUCKING GIGABYTE OF MEMORY
No it doesn't. You don't know how RAM works. You don't know how anything works.
>what if I post a screenshot of it allocating a certain amount of RAM, surely then you'll be BTFO
No, that's part of you not knowing things.

>>715279879
>>715279987
If your PC hat 1000 strength points to do things a program sleeping in the background and checking for a notification every once in a while would take up 0 of them.
Modern PCs are not like the calculators you used to use in the 80s, boomer-san.

>>715290850
I just want you to understand that you didn't magically became a computer wizard because you have had no idea what you are doing for a long time now.
You have to actually put work into something if you want to be knowledgeable. And once you realize that you are the modern version of a grandmother who installs every toolbar she comes across, you might gain some humility.

>>715291496
I think it's great that you can side load apps on Android and it's even better that the EU is forcing Apple to implement the same.

>>715307963
Because if >we got rid off all evil >we'd be fucked too. Source: Bible.

>>715308746
Having nice things is actually nice. It's easy for you to shit on them because you don't know what you're talking about, but when you're actually using useful stuff then you know that it's useful.

>>715314779
>Skill issue.
Funny thing to say in the context of OP being unable to change settings and having no idea how to close a program without using the task manager. The rest sounds like you're right in that retarded dunning kruger spot, but saying that sounds too reddit, so I'm not doing it.

>>715315634
a gilded cage is still a cage.

>>715315808
Yeah that was my point. If I'm an experienced pirate and I still had it happen, even if it's just once. What does that say about the pirate skills in OP?

>>715312365
that gif is one of the most hilarious things ive seen here

>>715274935
tpbp

>>715315449
no this retard will make this thread again tomorrow, and say the same dumb fuck shit again and again, i've seen his rants before, he is functionally retarded and has no ability to retain information, he just cries and shits himself in these threads and competent mods would just perma-ban this faggot to save us all. Tranny jannies have failed again.

>>715315108
You ain't promoting shit, you're issuing empty platitudes. Games aren't DRM free. Saying DRM isn't needed in the face of that is an empty platitude.

>>715274787 (OP)
I have never had any issues with Windows, Steam or now Linux. I think people are just retarded and blame software instead of themselves.
I've switched to Linux because I wanted to try it out and have found to like it more. I think Win11 is a decent OS and people are exaggerating how bad it is. It could use a few fixes under the hood and not fucking use react for UI elements but otherwise it's a reliable system.

>>715315245
It's year 2025 and people still don't understand memory allocation and usage. It's strictly a midwit problem because regards don't know how to look it up and graybeards understand the difference.
It's like those idiots who are like hurr durr my CPU is 85C is it going to melt not understanding it's a useful metric to assess throttling or cooler performance not an indicator of safety.

>>715275943
I am none of those things you said and Steam's file paths are still phenomenally retarded, much like you are for assuming I don't know this.
Using desktop shotcuts is still easier than having to go through steam, and If games were stored sensibly you wouldn't need to do that.

Since the stupid fucking update of last year or whenever it fucking was, Steam is slower to load and steals focus so it vomits itself up on top of everything MULTIPLE TIMES when it's still loading
You can stop it doing that by messing with the shortcut
BUT
sometimes when you start a game from a shortcut when Steam isn't open yet, the game will start and THEN STEAM WILL FINISHING LOADING AND STEAL FOCUS FROM IT AND MINIMIZE THE FUCKING THING WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING
I don't care if upgrading my computer would make it boot faster, That doesn't excuse updating it to be WORSE instead of better
Steam has become enshittified like everything else and it's a toss up between whether it's because of retarded faggots or retarded indians

valve killed gayming

>>715274787 (OP)
ok Jeet name a better storefront.

>>715327339
>THEN STEAM WILL FINISHING LOADING
I obviously know I fucked up here, I'm not ESL I'm just angry

Genuinely impressed at someone avoiding Steam for at least the past 10 years. More than half of your issues can be fixed in the settings lol