Originally posted by: CoinOperatedBoy
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
He made two analogies that were completely appropriate: DVDs and books. Instead of responding to these, you responded to an analogy that was quite obviously tongue-in-cheek.
I am equally put off by those analogies; the food one is just more goofy.
Why is this so hard to understand? Steam is a
digital delivery system, among other things. Accounts are intended to be associated with a single player, so there is no common need that I can think of to play from two machines at the same time. The situation is pretty specific in which a cohabitant or visitor might want to play something from an account they don't own, on a different machine, while you play something else at the same time. I'd say that's a pretty minor quibble when there are other consumer rights issues that plague Steam.
On this particular issue there is
no meaningful analogue when it comes to books or DVDs or any of the other nonsense above, unless you want to feign outrage when you and your girlfriend can't drive to two separate places with the same car, at the same time. You could call it an inconvenience, but that's kind of just how the car works, you know?
This argument style reeks of disingenuousness, which is why I didn't offer a proper response: I won't argue with a weasel that will use a strawman instead of addressing the real points.
Hilarious. I feel I've raised a logical point about a trivial issue and have been offered laughingly strange reasoning in response. I acknowledge that someone might consider this behavior of Steam a minor aggravation, but I think it makes sense and is working as intended to reasonably limit usage (unlike some physical media DRM like SecuROM). The physical medium is an innately different animal, and if you prefer it to Steam's digital methodology then you're welcome to it and I wouldn't argue. There are advantages and disadvantages to both.
And if you don't feel the need to provide a "proper response", then this weasel would prefer you say nothing at all.