TV OEMs are apparently part of the HDMI forum and therefore complicit.

We need EU regulation if we want to have this.

Du rätst ihnen also, das mit Webzensur zu lösen und damit dem Staat weitere Überwachungs-Infrastruktur an die Hand zu geben, die sich dann bei Bedarf die AfD zu nutze machen darf? Das ist nämlich die „Alternative“ zu Client-Lösungen.

That would mean exclusives everywhere. Everyone would try to force some game pass on us, until our only choice to get an OK selection would be having 4 subscriptions. Or piracy.

With Steam, I get a well integrated platform for buying, updating and launching everything with the correct compatibility layer.

That’s more convenient than piracy, so I use it.