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I couldn't update my comment so here is the citation from Valve's site.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/353370
Requirements
A Steam Machine or other computer capable of running Steam Big Picture Mode, in order to view, edit, save, and share Steam Controller mappings.*
My comment you didn't read: You must be online to use it, unless you manually specify offline mode( you must be online to do this ).
Netflix was your argument, not mine, I simply disproved it.
Saying that no one(!) complains about Netflix's DRM is also pure imagination.
New games on Steam have roughly the same price that on any other platform, saying that they have a high discount is simply not true. Older games might have a discount, but that is also true for any other platform, all of them have occasional discounts. So Steam is comparable in pricing to any other platform.
What is shocking here is your willingness to give up your privacy for a marginal discount.
It isn't one time. You have to do it every-time you want to install the game.
It doesn't matter how is it implemented and what is your definition of properly.
You need to access their servers to play the game. This introduces problems or privacy, security and the right to play the bought game in the future.
You last sentence is a nonsensical. Of course you don't hear people complain they can't watch Netflix without Netflix. But they do complain you can't watch Netflix. Notice the difference?
Sorry, Netflix is not available in your country yet.
It ain't bad or better than X, isn't a defense.
Steam in itself is DRM. You can't run games without it. There are very few exceptions where you can. You must be online to use it, unless you manually specify offline mode( you must be online to do this ).
It is a price I choose not to pay.
The controller is one of the few things I would buy from Valve( I'm assuming it works stand-alone on a PC )[edit]. Unfortunately I can't even consider buying their games or operating system due to the built-in DRM and/or forcing Steam usage.
[edit]:It requires "Big Picture Mode", which in turn requires Steam to be installed. Sigh...
You don't see the obvious design problem with excessive scrolling required to see the next part?
See my other comment for details.
About 90% of positions of the scrollbar are unusable. You have to scroll like crazy to find that specific position that actually displays the page correctly. Horrible.
The page introduces another parallel scrollbar (that has the same function as the built-in scroll bar) and it works really slowly and breaks the built-in UI. At web designers: you have a built-in UI, everyone it used to it, it works, it is tested, use it!
MinGW-w64
I tried to find a mirror but couldn't. They link to Sourceforge from their official site.