I’m at a point where I’d like to play certain games, but I dislike that they’re exclusively available on consoles and Steam for Desktop. Steam’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service raise concerns about my personal security and privacy. I’m looking for advice on how to improve my privacy while using Steam.

Thank you in advance!

(I will use Steam on Linux)

  • I actually never heard of Lutris before, could you please provide me some links, etc. so I can get into it?

  • I don’t really know what you mean by “other means”, let’s say Hogwarts Legacy for example. How could I acquire it otherwise, besides buying it for a console?

  • Alright.

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where to get games:
this will not probably work for most multiplayer games or always-online games like Genshin Impact

  • lots of games can be bought legally and DRM-free on GOG e.g. The Witcher, Baldurs Gate, Stronghold Crusaider HD
  • especially Indie Games can be bough and/or downloaded on itch.io e.g. Doki Doki Literature Club
  • there is always the option to pirate games

Lutris is a FOSS game launcher for GNU+Linux that handles installing from different (open-API) sources like GOG or itch.io or just a local installer file. It also manages wine/proton versions, settings and prefixes for each game. It also integrates with a lot of emulators for old consoles like 3DS, PSP or Atari.

Depends on whether piracy is less of an ethical issue than supporting a sexist transphobe.

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