A Game Launching a Launcher After I've Launched It in Steam Should Be a Crime

https://aftermath.site/ubisoft-ea-paradox-launcher-pc-steam

by danbolt • 2 years ago

34 16 2 years ago

serf• 2 years ago

well then tell Valve to create sensible guidelines for how and why and when an update occurs.

talk to some Steam workshop developers as ask them about update concurrency within Steam -- and then realize why this double-launcher-syndrome exists in the first place.

3np• 2 years ago

Mind actually spelling out your problem?

arghandugh• 2 years ago

Gift link:

https://aftermath.site/ubisoft-ea-paradox-launcher-pc-steam?...

add-sub-mul-div2• 2 years ago

Steam should be a crime. There was a time you could launch an executable without a middleman at all.

tharkun__• 2 years ago

Most games (I own on) steam can launch just fine without using steam. In fact I do that all the time. Come to think of it, I've never launched a game I bought on steam through steam except maybe the first time and then I "pin to taskbar" and launch through there.

fooker2• 2 years ago

Would you say the same thing about 'apps'?

add-sub-mul-div2• 2 years ago

It's definitely terrible that half of mobile users can't run code without the permission of their platform and the other half could eventually lose the ability to do so.

But the stakes are lower because the phone is a time-wasting/consuming device and not a general purpose/productivity device like a desktop.

happymellon• 2 years ago

At least for the most part, you can.

I use Steam as the launcher because the interface for SteamOS Big Picture mode on my TV is great.

bob1029• 2 years ago

Using steam for sales and activation is quite rational. Do you think we should go back to CD keys or other preshared secrets written on paper?

I've had to repurchase many games over lost/stolen activation codes. I don't really want to go back to that place. It's like cryptocurrency - sure you have total control but you better never fuck it up even one time or it becomes worthless.

pjmlp• 2 years ago

Also why I don't use it at all.

I can survive with the games that exist outside Steam, no FOMO over here.

Rebelgecko• 2 years ago

For DRM free games you can just run the executable directly without steam even being open. Maybe we should prosecute the publishers who don't check the box that allows that?

vivzkestrel• 2 years ago

ubisoft disconnect is an abomination and should be banned legally

specproc• 2 years ago

Dunno about Ubisoft, as I don't play their games, but CDPR has a `--launcher-skip` flag that I use.

Not ideal that it's needed in the first place, but better than nowt. Maybe Ubisoft has similar?

thesimp• 2 years ago

As someone who bought Microsoft Flight simulator via Steam I concur. I swear that Flight Simulator updates use at least 3 layers of redirection between starting via Steam, getting updates for the main program, and then getting updates for the scenery files,and then getting another set of updates while already running the main Flight Sim program. Absolutely bizar.

MrLeap• 2 years ago

I'd appreciate living in a world where this was on my radar.

Is it because I'm old now that it doesn't even register? My job, for the last half decade, has been to release things via steam. Yet, this seems like re-arranging deck chairs atop a flaming tornado of cannibalism and madness.

Find your feng shui I suppose. Personally, I think we oughta start by stopping sony's current interpretation of quality experience expressed by whatever you'd call their current interface. That said, victory on your front doesn't mean defeat on mine, so good luck.

A Game Launching a Launcher After I've Launched It in Steam Should Be a Crime

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