Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine”

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From	John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine”
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On Sun, 2 Aug 2026 23:00:49 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> The games that demand this strict anti-cheat compliance are very
> firmly in the minority, and seem destined to stay that way.

I cannot imagine wanting to play a game badly enough that I'd let some
pervert corporation install spyware on my system for it.

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ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-02 06:17 +0000
  Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine” VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-02 02:26 -0500
    Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-02 07:38 +0000
      Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine” VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-02 03:04 -0500
        Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-02 08:34 +0000
      Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine” Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-02 11:39 -0400
        Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-02 23:00 +0000
          Re: ZDNet: “What We Really Think Of The Steam Machine” John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-03 10:10 -0700

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