"locking out people's ability to play them at publishers' behest" Can you please...

		Pannoniae on Sept 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steam turns 20 today: “We had to try a lot of diff... "locking out people's ability to play them at publishers' behest" Can you please elaborate? Is it like the publishers permabanning people from games then denying a refund? Or how does it look like?