blackteapie wrote:what is drm- free?
DRM-free refers to products which don't use Digital rights management systems. In suggest you to read the following Wikipedia entry for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_managementSteam,Apple, Origin and Ubisoft (
), amongst others, use DRM for numerous reasons, mainly to protect their game against piracy.
Some people, like me, prefer stores like Humble Bundle and Good Old Games (GOG) because they don't contains DRM. That way, you can install most games easily without having to connect to the Internet. It's a very geeky thing and it engages the consumer more personally with the product he bought.
Also, Humble Bundle give an alternative solution for downloading game. Consumers can download their game using Bittorrent's Peer-to-peer protocol... ...