That you aren't aware that you own zero of the games you have on Steam says it all really.
It's also disappointing that you don't know about this requirement.
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Make sure you actually know what you are on about before you go off at someone.
If you consider my post "going off on someone", then I'm not entirely certain how to proceed with a discussion. Please re-read my post and let me know what section contained even a modicum of hostility.
I absolutely understand that Steam games, like all digital games, are licensed. How did you make the leap that I'm somehow ignorant to that?
You linking the Offline Mode didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. There's a section in there that says if you need to sign in then you have to go online to do that, and I addressed this in my original response to you.
What argument do you think you won with this post? Why are you acting like you're a victim? I wasn't being mean by any stretch of the imagination. I asked you how you were negatively impacted, and instead of telling me what occurred you got super defensive.
Because Valve have been a pioneer of 'you own nothing' and Steam itself is a form of DRM.
They've prevented me from playing games I've 'bought' from them in the past because I forgot to set Steam to offline mode. Something for which I haven't and never will forgive them for.
That was your post. I will ask you again: how were you prevented from playing games you purchased from Steam because you "forgot to set Steam to offline mode"? I could understand if you had issues playing a game because you forgot to launch the game once before going to Offline Mode, but I have never heard someone say that they can't play games UNLESS they go into Offline Mode.
Last point: relax man. I'm not your enemy. Don't take this as confrontational. I legitimately don't understand what you're saying you went through. As a Steam user for over a decade, I'm genuinely curious as to how you've been negatively impacted while I've had smooth sailing 99.99999% of the time.