https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/steam
>>720976334It's not spyware. You can appear offline. You can hide your profile.
Hello sirsSteme bad
Fatfuck gabencunt
>>720978303>>720976334Hello sar!Steam spyware!New free epic game!Please redeem!
>>720976334good morning sirs
>>720976334Nice try, Timothy.
steam is garbage because it takes 1.5GB of ram just sitting there.for mere existing,bro your main use is to download games and launch an exe,what in the world of FUCK are you doing??
>>720979097>what in the world of FUCK are you doingAll that retarded social media shit it includes
>>7209790971. whocars2. no it isn't
>>720976334Then Playstation/console is also spyware, retard.
>spyware>most of the "spying" is user willingly giving infoI also call my microwave a botnet because multiple people use it
>>720976334Your phone is probably spyware too jeet, stop crying about it
>>720979258now post all of steam services, not just one
>>720979258500MB of ram is 30% of your PC
>>720976334OK.
>>720979370does your microwave keep a record of how often and when you use it and what you cook inside of it?
>>720979447Don't ever fucking reply to me again.
>>720979446wow, 150 mb more>>720979447retarded frogposter
Neocities thread?>https://digdeeper.neocities.org/index.xhtml
>>720979506if I keep a notepad next to it and note it down, yeah
>>720979097>OH NO NOT MY UNUSED RAMERINHO!Better don't look up how much memory your web browser uses.
>>720979447>500MB of ram is 30% of your PC sux to be a poorfag Mine shows less than 0.76%.
>>720976334Not clicking that shit, looks like some aids infested website
>>720979447It's 30% for that whole column, not just Steam, retarded frogposter.
>>720979447>Implying owls are birds
>>720979828it's a blog by some freetard that classifies any software with an updater to be spyware
>what in the world of FUCK are you doingGoing big screen mode when you press a guide button on a controller. Or doing a bunch of other rundom stuff like taking screenshots on RT or changing volume on stick when you try to play a game.
>>720979447lol nice
Good morning saar, steam sale next week so we must antishill staem seers, remember to buy on epic saers
>>720979258>>720979447Lmaooo imagine being this poor
>>720976334Hi
>>720976334I'm not saying Steam isn't "spyware" (guess what, nearly every proprietary program or service most people use is), but please, stop posting articles from this dogshit, fearmongering, horrendously out of date website. It does a disservice to whatever point you're trying to make.
>>720976334>it took anon this long to figure out
>>720976334I know this is bait but for anyone curious, you don't actually need wifi to use Steam btw.You can also disable automatic updates.
>>720979446WOW WOWAnd I'm pretty sure it was worse in the past, I'm honestly surprised that it barely uses any fucking memory right now
>>720979158and it's so worth it, sisterhttps://steamcommunity.com/id/Xanthrine
>>720979828How's it feel being a tech illiterate zoomer?
>>720980567Am I supposed to know who that is?
>>720980567
>>STEAM IS SPYWARE>He said it as he was typing out his thread on his brand spanking new Windows 11 device
>>720980567who the fuck is this
>>720980640You are bald and dying soon.
>>720980380omg hi! I love you!
>>720979447Retarded frogposter. God I fucking hate you retards.
>>720979097>RAMlet doesn't have >64 GBlol LMAO ROFLMFAO
>>720979097THIS. Literal malware. I'm sure Gay Ben is mining coins on my PC. But I have no choice. This monopoly has me in its grasps.
>>720976334It always was, the collection of statistics like the number of gameplay hours can't be disabled and Steam even brags about how much your data it collects every year.But this board is full of brownoids who can't sync their gamesaves without cloud so they will defend their DRM chastity cage no matter what, the acquisition of Steam to some even bigger cancer like Microsoft can't come soon enough so these bootlicking cucks get rekt.
>>720981980>Doesn't know about GoG>Doesn't know about itchio>Doesn't know about piracyYou should sell your PC and get a console and join the snoy nation where you belong .. or just rope yourself
>>720981698I have 2TB of RAM, get on my level loser
>>720982101It's a joke, you retarded nigger, I got those stats by opening 150+ tabs with autoplay videos
>>720981131Smooch
>>720976334so sandbox it and use 3pp shit
>>720980968Very specific.Sounds like projection
>>720979097Memory leaks + Electron cancerBlame Discord for getting Steam to jump on the webapp bandwagon
>In Steam's privacy policy[1], Steam details that it collects the following user information:NameAddressCredit Card Number(s)e-mailAgeIP AddressDevice Unique IDChat logsForum postsVoice Chat RecordingsHardware EnumerationSteam also confirms that it shares this information with third parties. most of that is necessary for you to even be able to buy gameswhat is this retard smoking
>>720981980what the actual fuck do you have to do for this to happen
>>720979097It has a catalog of games with plenty of images and videos, on top of the steam "browser" itself. I'm assuming if you want that to load smoothly in acceptable response times it has to cache frequently used media, like the one from games it's currently advertising plus the ten more popular...1.5gb for that and the client itself sounds reasonable
>>720983027>>720982206
>>72097909732gb of ddr4 costs $70
>>720983284>32gbLMAO. Only poors settle that low volume.
>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 HistoryExcept for Internet searches, everything else is necessary for an online store. How else would you buy things without giving your card number, address, etc.? Lol.Now, about Internet history, that's really spyware activity. I don't know if Steam actually collects that, though.
>>720976334Still not installing your actual chink spyware, Tim.
>>720979097>it takes 1.5GB of ram just sitting thereIt takes 51mb for me right now
>>720984509>no full process tree screenshotYou sneaky lair
>>720982872>most of that is necessary for you to even be able to buy gamesChat logs?Voice recordings?This isn't China, Cheng
>>720983284For me? It was only $50
>>720984398steam has a built in web browser. you can't run a store without taking card info and you can't have a browser with no 'back' button
>>720979097>web browser taking up 10-20GB>I care about Steam not even hitting 2Imagine being poor.
>>720979097Ram nowadays is cheap as fuck.WTF are you talking about?
>>720979447>implying 1.6 GB ram sticks exist and windows 10 would even launch on themretard
>>720979506My xerox do
>>720978303>>720978996>>720979024
>>720984536I didn't want to show my language, you would laugh
>>720984549yes, most, you fucking illiterate, learn the definition of the wordyou can literally go and see what data steam collects on you and wipe it
>>720980521>you don't actually need wifi to use Steam>calling internet connectivity "wifi">>720980850OP runs Windows 2000.
>>720979447lol u fucking retard
>>720985001>commasHow many Go and Stop of RAM do you have, monsieur?
>>720980850thisyou have a phone with google shityou have a windows pcand you obsess with steam? who uses that data to sell you games?
everything is spyware unless you live in the woods without internet access
>>720985330This is /v/. There was a schizo freaking out in a 3x3 thread yesterday because he was afraid companies would use that data to anally penetrate him from space.
>>720985010Please send me over your chat logs and voice recordings next time you buy groceries, cheng.
>>720979097>1.5gbHuh?
>>720980380>Hi0w0 what's thishttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zjwUN1mtJdCkgtTDRB2IoFp7PP41fraY-oFNY00fEkI/edit?gid=0#gid=0
>>720985157>commasFuck, forgot about those>Go and StopHuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh????????????I have 32gb of ram
poorfags
>>720984398Frankly I never understood why you have to give your billing address for digital purchases
>>720987520>calling people poorfags when you only have 32gb of ram, the average these days vs 64gb or chad 128gb
>>720976334>neocities Schizo.>>720979097>>720979447>ugna buga no understando how ram worksRetard.
>>720987601Because that's how Credit/Debit Cards work without having to ask for more. Most third party Processors verify the address or at LEAST zip code vs what your Card owner(bank, etc) has on file to approve the purchase and ensure it's not Rajeesh in India using it to buy new pants after he shit in the ones he's got on.
>>720987601Taxes
>>720987979That's what the three digit code on the back is for>>720987986Plausible, but still no justification for asking for the whole address and not just your country
>>720988375American taxes involve state and county levels. Yes it's annoying and yes my state has an online tax hence why I bring it up.
Literally all I do on my PC is YouTube and play steam games. They can spy on me.
>>720987878This PC is 5 years old
>>720986592Lazy devs, Zoom-Platform shill
>>720980567It feels great knowing I have only played 2 games listed in this freak most played games, 100 hours or above.
>>720990240>onlyit's so fucking over for you, sister
>>720979097RAMletbros in shambles lmao
>>720979097i just debunked your post with a little fact checking chud
>>720979447are steamies this retarded?
>>720991795ram is dirt cheap so I don't understand having less than 64gb
>>720992659all 4 of my slots are filled up when I upgraded from 16 to 32. It's enough for me and buying 64gb of DDR4 would be a waste when I'll decide to upgrade in the future.
Yep, all storefront jeetware is cancer. I should be able to buy a game and get a direct download link to an installer with the full game in it.The other day, when the servers farted and I couldn't even set the drmware into offline mode to play """"my""" games actually opened my eyes. Keep some crack DLLs at hand just in case.Fuck steam
Reminder that Steam drones refuse to buy game UNLESS they can have it on a DRM spyware that collects and sells your data
>>720986808Frogs tend to use commas instead of periods for decimals, and they use "Go" (giga...octets?) instead of "GB," so I added a "Stop" unit.
>>720979447>tfw almost all the replies are samefagsfuck this board
>>720979097?
>>720993905I'm not a poorfag like the guy you're replying to, but it can use more. That said, not having 64-128GB in 2025 is silly.
>>720976334>internet storefront and forum requires an internet connection WHAAAAAAAAAT
>>720976334>NeocitiesJesus christ, that place is still alive?
>>720994793It's not fair to us true aryan white men in Kenya with internet access available only once a month when we walk barefoot 40 miles to the Mbuti Kwame Jambusha coffee shop to steal WiFi.
>>720984945>Look up all these names>None of them actually work at ValveHell the email format isn't even right even with the asterisks obscuring
>>720976334>nooo stop insulting my poor big corporation Valve please go back to hating Nintendo ;________;
It's not spyware but it is a form of DRM. There's a perfectly good reason why development studios with predatory monetary practices and DRM use Steam.Steam is a monopoly that ruins gaming. They brought DRM to PC gaming, they killed physical PC gaming, they popularised gambling "crates" in the west and they tried to implement paid mods in partnership with Bethesda, a fellow anti consumer developer.Get games from GOG if you can.
>>720995323I looked up the supposed "Co-CEO" (Scott Lynch is the only CEO) and there's nothing Valve-related that says that. Dude just put it on his LinkedIn and that shitty site scraped it. Steamies schizo is a liar and a poorfag.>>720995684GOG has no games and the install process is infinitely worse. I'll take DRM for convenience.
>>720976334RIP in peace Gabe
>>720984945Why are you lying? Tell me who here doesn't work at Valve
>>720976334STFU GABEN NEEDS ANOTHER YACHTHE IS SUFFERING, CAN'T YOU SEE????
>>720995783That's always the trade off, you're trading off "convenience" for ownership. Rather than just using GOG's galaxy launcher or spending a second looking up and finding Heroic Games Launcher for free convenience, you're taking the most advertised and in your face method.The only reason not to use GOG is the game isn't on there, I still use Steam but I always check GOG first.It's always in your best interest to own the things you buy, even if it takes a little research into it.
>>720984945>>720996225
>>720979097mine has been on 10 hours and I've been actively using it and it's only using 700mb of ram.also even if it was using 1.5gb who cares, I have 30+ gb free at all times anyway.
>>720996225Just because someone says they work at Valve doesn't mean it's true. Indians all lie.>>720996297But "ownership" is a dumb concept when it comes to games. How do I own a Steam game less? I can legally share it with family. You can't do that with GOG. Sounds like I have more rights (and therefore ownership) of Steam games. Also>heroicOpen source? No fucking thanks.>GalaxyIt sucks. I literally have to browse web pages to view my own library. I can look at a local list with Windows controls on Steam.>but you could just download off the web pageThen I literally have to browse web pages to view my own library. On top of that, I have to download games in 4GB chunks and install it afterwards. If there are patches (if they even made it to GOG) or DLC, that's manual installs for each one.Steam has a beta channel, so you can opt into bleeding edge shit. GOG doesn't.There's no reason why, when GOG doesn't even HAVE a lot of the games I want to play (which means Steam is the only real option since Epic is pure trash), that I should split my library so I can fight a revolution for such a vague concept as "ownership" that's not even true. You get the same type of license on GOG as on Steam. You don't own your games there, either.
Time to become an EGSchad instead
>>720996225So you're saying Amit Nagar doesn't work at Valve, is that your statement?
>>720976334Everything is spyware especially here
>>720996690>You can't do that with GOGI do all the time and it's not arbitrarily set by developers or "maintained" by the DRM handler. I give all my family and mates the games I get from GOG.>browse web pagesYou do realise Steam is a wrapper that's just loading websites..? It's literally identical lmao.Heroic and Galaxy auto patch as well. Crying about other launchers is a meme done by retards that think they owe loyalty to a monopoly and billionaire just because they tied years worth of purchases to a DRM account.Claiming that GOG isn't ownership is hilariously sad, your comprehension of legality is bewildering. It's not about "fighting" for ownership, it's about legitimately owning your games and not having a license.It's better to own than not. If you're too retarded to comprehend the technology and legality of it all, just don't complain when Steam inevitably changes terms again.
>>720997180>legally>I do all the timeNot legally. Inb4>but legality doesn't matterIf so, then you have no issue with me stealing from GOG. If they wanted sales, they'd protect their games better instead of giving it up like pussy bitches. I took their shit and they can't do anything about it.
>steam isn't spywaretry to opt out/delete your yearly Steam Replay
>>720997750>private all games>nothing shows up in Steam Replay
>>720979447kek'd
>>720997832Does not workPrivated VRChat and it still shows up in all my replays
>>720997296>lend your gog_setup installer >this is bad, you're stealing!>bro, here's my Steam account have this game >this is fine and legal :c
>>720998036That's not how family share works, retard. Try moving into 2025. This is 100% legal and endorsed by the publisher. They can opt out of family sharing.
>>720998286>I must have the police state enforce and agree to my friendly sharing of a gameyikes. grim.
>>720998573>I pay to stealThat's all I hear from you.If you're going to illegally share the game, just pirate it. GOG, indie developers, and Nintendo deserve no money.
>>720979097Not even close you retard, change your steam settings.
>>720998719>I'd rather not pay at all and let gog starve :c than buy 1 copy and share :/ plz pay for steam tho it lets u share luv it :)
>>721002110I'd rather buy from a company that provides good service, games that aren't available on GOG, and doesn't beg me for money when I buy games. And yes, GOG can starve. They should have thought of that before they were born third worlders.
>>720997180>>720996690>Then I literally have to browse web pages to view my own library.He says this while browsing the 4chan web page.I propose all zoomers(LIKE YOU) never use web pages.>HUR DUR OWNERSHIP ON STEAM>GOG BADLOL Look zoomeroid steam lets developers bricks games because the greedy fat fuck GabeN does not give a shit.Steam is so shit that it literally lets developers gang rape you with additional DRM shit at this point it is better to never use steam and make a Uplay [SIC] account (this is a very bad thing). Because you MUST make a Uplay account if you buy the game on steam. Not on GOG!In contrast Nintendo/Xbox/Play Station will not let developers gang rape their pay pigs with 3party DRM.With steam you lose! >HUR DUR OWNERSHIP ON STEAM>GOG BADBecause of the above there are games that literally got killed on steam because the developers decided to do that.Meanwhile no GOG game can be killed you have the installers forever!>Bleeding edge updatesLOL that shit is literally a crime!Lets remember all the auto updates who remove content from your steam games!The fact that my GOG games never update IS A GOOD THING! Same for my pirated games!
>>720980021>that classifies any software with an updater to be spywareAND THIS IS CORECT.Auto updating is a CRIME!>*retarded steamie noises*Lets see the facts>Game updates>The update removes content from the game>>AH YES all the dialogue and music and scenes that I can no longer see!>>Thank you GabeN You try to defend this steamie! Daily reminder that auto updating software is like living in 1984!And who can forget>Update drops>Disc space usage increases>Literally nothing new>Performance tanks>>Ah yes thank you GabeNOr how about>Update drops>Literally nothing new>You can no longer play this game on your old OS!
>>721003272>I don't play gamesSorry you're a faggot. Buzzword some more. Post Windows regional settings. You won't.
>>720976334>STEAM IS SPYWAREYES AND NEVER FORGET THIS FACT!DEATH TO STEAM and all other other satans like EGS, Uplay, Orgin, BLizzard app etc
Yea well buy your pc game on a CD, come on
>>721003841I accept you unconditional surrender! > Buzzword some moreLOL the retarded stemie can not argue facts.Daily reminder that an update on STEAM to GTA4 literally removed music from the game!
>>720976334>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. Isn't all of that information that you need to manually input?
>>721004084>Daily reminder that an update on STEAM to GTA4 literally removed music from the game!I remember people claiming that about 3 and Vice City, but then I played the game with the songs intact to debunk it. Show proof it happened with 4. Also, I guess I should play the GOG version.
>>720976334I've actually read this page for the first time after seeing it shitposted on this website for years. All of the alleged spyware features are opt-in. I don't think this person knows what the "spy-" part of spyware means.
Jesus fuck, GOG is slow.
Why would I even use GOG over Steam when it's so slow?
>>721004141>Isn't all of that information that you need to manually input?LOL>GIVE US ALL YOUR DATA OR YOU CAN NOT BUY GAMES!Steamies>Thank you master!>Have my money and my data!>>720982872>>720984549>>720985010>>720984398>Except for Internet searches, everything else is necessary for an online store. How else would you buy things without giving your card number, address, etc.? Lol.>Now, about Internet history, that's really spyware activity. I don't know if Steam actually collects that, though.Oh zoomers the retarded corporate slave generation.I remember the old daysYou go to a brick and mortar sore, brows the new games take them out and go and buy them with cash.No data no spyware.Your generation is shit for thinking any of this is normal!
>>721004279>Also, I guess I should play the GOG version.If it is not on gog pirate it.>but then I played the game with the songs intact to debunk it.Cool story bro.Care to repose your epic evidence? Whats that you made it all up? What a steamie!
>>721004825>make accusation>demand proof to debunk itThis is third world mentality. I guess when your kangaroo courts operate like this, it becomes your way of thinking.
>>721004412>All of the alleged spyware features are opt-in.And if you do not OPT in you do not get to buy gamesDUN DUN DUN!>I don't think this person knows what the "spy-" part of spyware means.Projection.It spies on you it sends all the data to steam, how long you played a game what you did in it (achievements). Do we continue?>b-b-b-b-b- somewhere in the longs ass TOS or EULA it says that I agree to this!Jesus christ I am literally talking to a south park character!
>>721005012>DUN DUN DUN!Did you just make a fucking Carlos Mencia reference in 2025
>>721005012Reminder that this anon JUST found out that games are licensed and not sold.In 2025.He just found out.Just recently.
>>721005095Of course he didn't. Carlos Mencia stole it from someone.
>>721004923WOW Thanks for admitting I won the debate! > I guess when your kangaroo courts operate like thiLEts seeMe>GTA4 deleted music source people reported on itSteamie FAG>OH YEA I made this le epic debunking showing it all to be wrong and this never happenedME:>Care to show this magic evidence you made?Steamie>NOOO! You are from the 3world!
>>721005181>wordsPost Windows regional settings. You WON'T.
>>721005097>Reminder that this anon JUST found out that games are licensed and not sold.>In 2025.WHY DO you insist on humiliating yourself more?!>Paper books are licensed and not sold!>This is why if the people who own the intellectual property start breaking into your home and burning down the books they own you can not complain!Anything else you like to say?! >Despite this rights owners burning down books they legally own not being a thing until 2004...>And actually illegal in the past.....
>>721005314I accept your unconditional surrender!
>>721005367>>721005439>can't get all his rage in one post>1:01 apartI got you doubleposting again. You're THAT mad.>it's totally coincidental that someone posts that way in tandem with me in every thread I make!>meds!
>>721005314>>721005571Like I expected this magical debunking never happened. The steamie can not show it or reproduce it.I rest my case.Steamies are truly human trash!
>>721005714>still hasn't posted his regional settings>so embarassed by his disgusting nation he won't admit to it>but I bet he hates the USA because the USA made him live in squalor
Nah.
>>721005839>>still hasn't posted his regional settingsNot doxing myself!>>so embarassed by his disgusting nationCRY MORE!ESL pride world wide!>>but I bet he hatesYou failed to repost your epic debunking!You are proven to be a layer and human garbage!
>>721006741Yes, I am a layer. I laid your mom.
>>721006940FUCKING SAVAGE
>>721006940>>721007186Stay retarded steamies!
I like how after 170 posts nobody has been able to prove or argue that Steam is bad in anyway
>>721007767>170 postsIt's worse than that. He's been posting these threads for 2 years as of this month.
>>721007767t. Steam
>>720984398crypto
>>720979447>30% ram of my pc is 42gbSee thisDafuq
>>720979506Yeah it has AI
>>720978303>>720978996this t b h
>>720994529credit card debt is not wealth, ameribro
>>721011636That's where my disposable income goes. I don't soup up cars or collect figures. I play games.
