• vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    There is nothing illegal being done by steam kiddo. And ‘good faith’ is defending themselves against sabotage, which is what ubisoft is suing for the ability to do here.

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      8 hours ago

      There is nothing illegal being done by steam kiddo.

      That’s for the courts to decide, “kiddo”.

      And ‘good faith’ is defending themselves against sabotage, which is what ubisoft is suing for the ability to do here.

      Nice exercise of brand loyalty, but irrelevant in this scenario.

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        8 hours ago

        That’s for the courts to decide, “kiddo”.

        They did in the 1980s with walmart, kiddo.

        Nice exercise of brand loyalty, but irrelevant in this scenario.

        Incorrect, this is an ‘exercise’ of explaining a very basic fact of capitalism that has been happening longer than the word ‘capitalism’ has existed. This policy is the default for all stores on Earth.

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          7 hours ago

          You are very clearly out of your depth here, and very much wrong, so maybe drop the patronizing tone a little bit.

          They did in the 1980s with walmart, kiddo.

          Unless you can quote the exact precedent, I’m going to take the Sherman Antitrust Act over whatever you say.

          Incorrect, this is an ‘exercise’ of explaining a very basic fact of capitalism that has been happening longer than the word ‘capitalism’ has existed. This policy is the default for all stores on Earth.

          Marketplaces can set the prices of the items sold at their locations. They cannot set the prices of items outside of them. Doing so is price fixing, plain and simple.