Steam is the best thing to happen to Gaben. It’s better than the other options as a product but the bar is really low and steam takes advantage just as much as the other players. The soft monopoly going on is clearly having an effect imo.
By not competing with them. Gaben has 1.5 billion dollars worth of yachts. Steam doesn’t need to be taking 30% and only does so because everyone else does. I guess big companies colluding is kind of the law of the market tbh, but it’s not “the best”.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Steam is the best thing to happen to gaming period.
Grimy@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Steam is the best thing to happen to Gaben. It’s better than the other options as a product but the bar is really low and steam takes advantage just as much as the other players. The soft monopoly going on is clearly having an effect imo.
Starski@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
What are the examples of steam “taking advantage just as much as the other players?”
Grimy@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
By not competing with them. Gaben has 1.5 billion dollars worth of yachts. Steam doesn’t need to be taking 30% and only does so because everyone else does. I guess big companies colluding is kind of the law of the market tbh, but it’s not “the best”.