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BigDiction@lemmy.world 1 day agoYeah it’s arguable that Steam is a monopoly but somehow billion dollar publishers can’t create a store to sell their own products without fucking it up with annoying bullshit. Pay the 30% to protect you from yourselves.
lengau@midwest.social 21 hours ago
Yeah, Steam is pretty much a monopoly. But I haven’t seen what I’d call monopolistic practices from them. It’s just that everyone else appears to fall flat on their faces when trying to make a competing product.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
It’s weird because steam isn’t even that amazing at what it does and even some of the features I like can be tempremental or downright buggy at times.
raptore39@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
Once I saw the power of Steam on Linux, I knew no other company could touch them.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Valve is a private company owned by someone who is passionate about games and so unlike other companies with investors, they leave short term money on the table to make the best product for gamers. If its ownership model ever changes it will speedrun enshittification for the same reason other storefronts suck