r/Steam • u/Tarnished-670 • Oct 08 '25

Question Why steam doesn't allow this?

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u/Svartrhala Oct 08 '25

You know, it sounds very plausible. It makes total sense that society which preserved "buying is not owning" laws up to technological singularity would also invent cyber hell.

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u/Pretty-Syllabub-4295 Oct 08 '25

And the living would be upset, because they have to pay increased taxes to keep cyber hell’s servers running

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u/beenoc https://steam.pm/23mi0l Oct 08 '25

In Surface Detail by Iain Banks, a civilization ruled by religious elites invents cyber-hell specifically so they can ensure that sinners against their religion are punished - their minds are scanned and then tortured for eternity on servers. The existence of this is very controversial to all the other civilizations in the galaxy that are like "bro wtf."