> "Stores should only provide DRM, and anything else that they do must be optional."

Why would I buy at ${store} then? If a store has features, while piracy does not have them, I have an incentive to buy at the store. If a store only has DRM, while piracy does not, I will be incentivised to use piracy.

I need to use a crack anyway to play the official steam distribution of Medieval or skip the Windows 11 installer of CnC Generals anyhow, so piracy is needed anyway. The store seems to never be needed.

The nice thing is having a community page tell me to skip installers or the faulty DRM in just one place, but $store pays their community zero worth back for doing their tech support.