{"id":112831,"date":"2024-10-10T18:33:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/steam-adds-the-harsh-truth-that-youre-buying-a-license-not-the-game-itself-ars-technica\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:33:58","slug":"steam-adds-the-harsh-truth-that-youre-buying-a-license-not-the-game-itself-ars-technica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/steam-adds-the-harsh-truth-that-youre-buying-a-license-not-the-game-itself-ars-technica\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam adds the harsh truth that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re buying \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a license,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d not the game itself – Ars Technica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Steam adds the harsh truth that you’re buying “a license,” not the game itself<\/a>Ars Technica<\/font><\/li>\n
  2. Steam now tells gamers up front that they’re buying a license, not a game<\/a>Engadget<\/font><\/li>\n
  3. Steam now says the ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license<\/a>The Verge<\/font><\/li>\n
  4. Steam’s new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don’t actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers ‘cannot be taken away from you’<\/a>PC Gamer<\/font><\/li>\n
  5. Valve reminds Steam users they don’t actually own a darn thing they buy, GOG pounces and says its games “cannot be taken away from you” thanks to offline installers<\/a>Gamesradar<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Steam adds the harsh truth that you’re buying “a license,” not the game itselfArs Technica Steam now tells gamers up front that they’re buying a license, not a gameEngadget Steam now says the ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a licenseThe Verge Steam’s new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don’t actually own your games, GOG […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-112831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-technology","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}