StingingVelvet: Very upset by this. Since it seemed amazon ditched the stupid client and DRM I was making them my first-stop shopping source. Now I don't know what's going on. I emailed them to ask what's up with this game suddenly requiring the client.
grviper: Spiderweb got Securomed at Gamesrgate. Steamed at Steam. It's like the developer decided to try all possible ways to make purchases everywhere unsatisfactory.
I still think he's too expensive, but there's no DRM on his site, and he did permanently discount all his games there. They're not as cheap as Steam, for sure, but if DRM free is important to you he gave you an option. And he has super long demos.
StingingVelvet: Very upset by this. Since it seemed amazon ditched the stupid client and DRM I was making them my first-stop shopping source. Now I don't know what's going on. I emailed them to ask what's up with this game suddenly requiring the client.
If that's so, fuck, they didn't used to add any DRM beyond what you'd get from the dev by default (which sometimes meant Steam, I'll admit) but if it was DRM free from the dev it was DRM free from them.
Btw, their DRM free digital MP3s require their client to download, but definitlely don't have DRM. I assume it's not just the download step that requires the client, but the actual install step.