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      Reminder that the 30% steam tax is absolutely greed. Gabe is a libertarian and charges it because he can get away with it. It makes games worse by affecting the equation measuring what is profitable to make. Gabe doesn’t care about that, and that should be taken into account when considering if you actually trust him.

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          Considering that they offer full online support without the dev need to host it themselfs, for only 100, the server costs come from somewhere

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    It’s not ideal, but it’s okay for now. Shit will get real when Gabe passes away though.

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      Some older games gave an old school game code to unlock the game. So some I own, but many no, and that sucks

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        Thats what I like about what OP linked. But those platforms dont really incorporate all that steam does well. Making it easy to link up with friends is important. Though I have found myself using Playnite instead of Steam to browse and launch my games.

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    Valve has been the least shit player in the game distribution ecosystem for decades. Maybe they could lower their cut but the push for Linux compatibility is worth any premium they want to charge.

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    It’s funny, because as much as people here hate corporations and monopolies, they would seemingly kill their own mother if it meant Steam would be the only seller of PC games.

    EDIT: As demonstrated by these angry downvote reactions…

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      It’s not that hard to understand when even apps determine whether someone wants to use social media like reddit or lemmy despite the content being the same.