Yes Steam is a defacto monopoly. But not through the actions of Valve but through the actions of it competitors.
Valve does not behave like a monopoly, and it takes its money to improve gaming for all.
I would get it if someone here would be really simping for Gabe. But may I remind you all, this is a shitposting community and this is a meme.
If not for Valve and their openness towards Linux, Microsoft would long have followed Apple and made a walled garden out of Windows.
If you want to make sure that gaming is not getting a walled of eco system be Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, that you need Valve.
Just look at that release: NO AI bullshit, no walled garden, no vendor locking. No locked bootloader’s, repairability and consumer rights are in the focus.
If course you can point out that this is a profit oriented company and everything they do, they do to make money. And I would not argue with that.
Yes Steam is a defacto monopoly. But not through the actions of Valve but through the actions of it competitors.
Being honest with you. I didn’t read past this. Because it’s so obvious you’re a young G*mer who has only lived in a Steam world.
Steam paid for exclusivity with publishers. Getting them to not only pull games from other online stores (because there were a number of stores back in the day before Steam killed them).
But also to change their physical copies to use Steam as DRM.
consumer rights are in the focus
Ok so I skimmed the rest of the comments and had to laugh here. The EU literally had to come out and tell Valve to stop being anti-consumerist cunts. And even now they’re only doing the bare minimum. Jesus Christ you must still be in school.
Am I? Proof? Srsly, it you have some hard fact’s (beside a single ruling some years ago because of geo blocked keys), let me know.
I bought my games on Humble, and GOG for a very long time.
Since humble offers specific packages now only through a fucking Windows only Launcher and GOG likewise, I am FORCED to use steam…
But I prefer DRM free content.
That does not change the fact that I think valve is the most consumer friendly company on the market currently.
But this does not make me a fanboy or someone who must have steam the the good guy
Yes Steam is a defacto monopoly. But not through the actions of Valve but through the actions of it competitors.
Valve does not behave like a monopoly, and it takes its money to improve gaming for all.
I would get it if someone here would be really simping for Gabe. But may I remind you all, this is a shitposting community and this is a meme.
If not for Valve and their openness towards Linux, Microsoft would long have followed Apple and made a walled garden out of Windows.
If you want to make sure that gaming is not getting a walled of eco system be Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, that you need Valve.
Just look at that release: NO AI bullshit, no walled garden, no vendor locking. No locked bootloader’s, repairability and consumer rights are in the focus.
If course you can point out that this is a profit oriented company and everything they do, they do to make money. And I would not argue with that.
But this? What is this? Why?
Being honest with you. I didn’t read past this. Because it’s so obvious you’re a young G*mer who has only lived in a Steam world.
Steam paid for exclusivity with publishers. Getting them to not only pull games from other online stores (because there were a number of stores back in the day before Steam killed them).
But also to change their physical copies to use Steam as DRM.
Ok so I skimmed the rest of the comments and had to laugh here. The EU literally had to come out and tell Valve to stop being anti-consumerist cunts. And even now they’re only doing the bare minimum. Jesus Christ you must still be in school.
Ok, so answering after reading the first line and the again you are to young you have no ideas.
Even if I was that young, that is just a stupid line of argument.
But, considering the fact that I am in IT for over 20 years now, it is just hilarious.
Just for reference, the first picture with me and a PC on it. Maybe you can calculate my age from this…
So you’re willingly misremembering to reinforce your brainwashing.
That’s just plain sad.
Am I? Proof? Srsly, it you have some hard fact’s (beside a single ruling some years ago because of geo blocked keys), let me know.
I bought my games on Humble, and GOG for a very long time. Since humble offers specific packages now only through a fucking Windows only Launcher and GOG likewise, I am FORCED to use steam…
But I prefer DRM free content.
That does not change the fact that I think valve is the most consumer friendly company on the market currently.
But this does not make me a fanboy or someone who must have steam the the good guy
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