While steam is a very convenient system for those of us who buy our games, it's by no means hard-to-crack. Half-Life 2 has been available since around release day and Counter-Strike: Source as well. The later has also been possible to use to play on any server out there, including legitimate ones, through all patches since release.
So as it stands right now, Steam is far less "secure" then StarForce, but much much nicer to the consumers that buy the products.
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While steam is a very convenient system for those of us who buy our games, it's by no means hard-to-crack. Half-Life 2 has been available since around release day and Counter-Strike: Source as well. The later has also been possible to use to play on any server out there, including legitimate ones, through all patches since release. So as it stands right now, Steam is far less "secure" then StarForce, but much much nicer to the consumers that buy the products.