This program is spyware because it collects huge amounts of user information, including but not limited to your Home Address, Telephone Number, Credit Card Number, and Internet Search History. Steam also profiles your hardware, communications through Steam's social networking features, and contains a mandatory self-updater.
>>106622394proof?
>>106622394Fuck off Tim
>>106622397>proof?https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/steamNOW WHAT? I SUGGEST UNINSTALLING IT!
Why does steam use 500MB ram on startup? I just want to launch my game.
>>106622394oh noes! Gaben knows what are my favourite tags on r34! whatever should I do??
>>106622394It's okay tho because it's gaben and I have a paraasocial trust for him (unironically).
>>106622394>>106622439>>>/x/
Nigga according to that site kerbal space program is spyware lmfaoLooks like some kind of schizo russian site
OK, so what do we have to do / turn off to make the Steam client less intrusvive?
>>106622487Not OP but it was actually spyware, I think there was a scandal over that 2 years ago IIRC.
>>106622441>Why does steam use 500MB ram on startup? I just want to launch my game.ITS A SIGN, OPEN YOUR EYES>>106622462>>106622483>It's okay tho because it's gaben and I have a paraasocial trust for him (unironically).NO NO NO STOP ANON, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A GAME>>106622487>Nigga according to that site kerbal space program is spyware lmfaoOF COURSE IT IS, NOT A SINGLE NORMAL PERSON HAS THE KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED TO MAKE A GAME LIKE KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM, MEANING, ITS GLOWING!
>>106622497Use GOG
>>106622439>spyware on urlHeh, I'm not that stupid to click on that.
>>106622394You can't defeat the slop. The slop is everything. Breathe it in, never resist the slop.
>>106622394I don't care
>>106622497go back in time to when you could launch it in browserless mode
>>106622441Because its just a modified chromium browser, like pretty much every 'modern app' nowadays.
>>106622505like are we supposed to believe a mexican ad agency could make ksp?
>>106622562>Because its just a modified chromium browser, like pretty much every 'modern app' nowadays.Can it spy on you or not then if its an electron app?ANSWER: YES IT CAN!
Why would gabe do this bros...
>>106622394>needing to tell /g/ not to install proprietary software on linuxrun this shellscript as root /g/bros
>>106622394AAAAA THE KIND BEARDED MAN KNOWS I'M AN AMD FANBOY AND I LIKE CAR VIDEO GAME
>>106622439LLM:That Neocities “Steam is spyware” article is mostly fearmongering. Some points are true, but a lot is exaggerated or flat-out wrong.What Steam collects: Billing info (name, address, credit card) if you buy games, hardware specs, IPs, and your activity inside Steam (games played, chat logs, forum posts). Standard for any online platform. There’s no evidence it grabs your whole internet search history or monitors programs outside Steam.Closed source ≠ spyware: Steam is closed-source, yes, but so are most games. The fact you can’t audit it doesn’t prove malicious spying.Data sharing: Valve shares info with payment processors and service providers, but there’s no evidence it sells user data like ad brokers do.Communications & play habits: Steam shows what you’re playing, but you can make your profile private. Chats are stored, forums are public. No proof that voice calls are recorded and archived. The “no opt-out” claim is false.Phone numbers: Steam pushes phone verification for extra features (like trading security), but it’s not universally mandatory to buy or play games.Online requirement: Steam auto-updates and checks licenses, and offline mode still needs periodic sync. That’s DRM, not spyware.Bottom line: The article twists ordinary platform practices into “spyware” accusations. Steam definitely collects data, but mostly what’s needed for purchases, social features, and anti-cheat. If you want total independence, go with DRM-free stores like GOG. But calling Steam malware is inaccurate—it’s just a centralized storefront with trade-offs.
>>106622394>your Home Address, Telephone Number, Credit Card Number,When you buy games, right?
>>106622394>a place where you buy shit collects your billing infothis is retarded, BUT>steam really ought to police developers that actually put spyware in their games like Generation Zero
>>106622394just use apparmor + firejail for steam dumb goy
>>106622934>chatgpt hyphentry again
4chanXT moment
>>106622934>>106623534can we stop using AI for shit like this i could have told you that myself
>>106622394Yep, it's spyware.
STOPTAKINGSHITBAIT
steamies should get gunned down on streets
>>106622394>It collects information necessary to buy things online!>And it lets you voluntarily add your hardware to their annual hardware survey!
>>106623534I literally wrote "LLM:">>106623589But you didn't.
>>106622934>There’s no evidence it [..] monitors programs outside Steam.Attach process explorer or similar tools to the Windows version of Steam and say that again.You can see it responding by reading the binary image at rest on disk of every process Windows launches, iirc.
"/g/ - Technology"another day..
>>106626348That's discord if you have rich presence turned on.Steam does not do such thing as far as I remember. It has no reason to do so anyway.
>>106622934Thanks for saving my time, AI>>106622394>>106622439Kys schizo
>>106622394>this online shop collects information required to sell and deliver things to its customerswow! you don't say!
Wait, you mean when I buy something, the entity I bought it from knows about that transaction? No way, how is that legal?
>>106622394It's proprietary software, of course it's spyware
>>106622394>BREAKING: Steam has your credit card information if you give it your credit card information!
>>106622394spy me harder daddy Gaben
>>106622497Build a cutom client that tricks steam into thinking it's the default one.
>>106622562It would have been better if it was outright webapp, because you would be able to use it with native webviews which use much less resources.
>>106622497Run it in a VM or use SteamCMD, then crack the games so you can play them without Steam.
>>106622507Gog needs to get a furry mascot so it can be more popular. All the popular tech brands nowadays larp as a furry.
>>106622934Sounds like malware to me.
>>106622439>claims steam is spyware>links to a site that is spyware
