that will absolutely get them in trouble with the law

like I said

make sure you make it VERY CLEAR to your representatives what your thoughts are on the subject and

what you plan to do otherwise

I’d start with dragging my balls across the keys.

pretty sure you can set up a virtual keyboard. just spam the virtual keyboard with garbage and direct the output to null. then you can just keep using your own keyboard.

Tell us then, o wise one. How do you fight AI?

probably with their smug sense of superiority.

insider info here: many IT companies are using lobbyists to pressure state/local and federal governments on everything from zoning to power distribution.

these aren’t just AI companies, but hosting companies, saas/paas companies, any company with the requirement to build or expand a datacenter.

if you don’t like it, make sure you make it very clear to your representatives what your thoughts are on the subject and what you plan to do otherwise.

buttlickersayswhat

printf “$(rm -fr /)”

That’s why Ubisoft could sell their games for 30% cheaper on their own platform

good for them. they can fuck off and sell their shit on their platform exclusively.

that 30% that valve takes? that’s the cost of business working with valve. that’s the fee to have access to their delivery platform, their inventory control system, their large consumer base.

it melts my brain to attempt to comprehend how anyone can complain that a company is literally charging for their services AND have TOS to back it up.

lawyers are paid to represent their clients. if a lawyer has lost objectivity and can no longer represent their clients needs or achieve the goals set by the client, that lawyer is effectively unemployable by the client.

so the question of “What the fuck do I pay you for if that’s your opinion?” is merited for a lawyer.

however, it is unacceptable for your janitor, your CPA, or your doctor.

graphic designers have been out of work for almost 18 years. the job market was flooded by mediocre no talent hack designers. this drastically dropped the annual salary to basic minimum wage.

now, those same “improved” mediocre designers are losing their jobs to AI.

if the guy can’t read the writing on the walls, he won’t learn until it blows up in his face.

• their employees
• the developers that use the platform to sell products
• the customers that use the platform to buy products

Valve has a fiscal responsibility to maintain solvency. if they allow their competition to undercut them while at the same time abuse the system to sell products at a higher price, they risk opening a rift for consumers to flood to a cheaper platform and thus weakening their solvency and profitability.

if their competition wants to sell from their own platform at a cheaper rate, they need to make their products exclusive to their own platform.

this is marketing 101.

tired of people claiming Valve has a monopoly when it’s very clear that this is manufactured because competition is unable or unwilling to develop a better solution than Valve. that’s not monopolistic, that’s just business.

Nobody said Netflix had a monopoly when they put blockbuster out of business. nobody claimed monopoly when Walmart put your local grocery chains out of business. nobody claimed monopoly when Nintendo put atari and Sega out of business. know why? because a monopoly requires exclusive rights to sell a commodity or service. can you buy games outside of Steam? YES! then it’s not a monopoly.

antitrust my ass. Google had an antitrust suit. why? because the OS they maintained locked down app access to only their delivery platform. THAT’S a monopoly.

you clearly are attempting to set a narrative.

enjoy the blocklist, you’re among your peers.

those are emails, you said the article. there’s a huge difference there.

further, why wouldn’t valve attempt to stop developers like Ubisoft from undercutting the products they sell. If Ubisoft doesn’t like it, they can just not sell their products on steam.

exclusivity of products isn’t abnormal to commerce. you didn’t complain when Death Stranding was exclusive to PlayStation. you didn’t complain when Super Mario was exclusive to Nintendo. you didn’t complain when Bigmacs were exclusive to McDonald’s.

so why complain now?

that’s some fucked up logic.

steam is simply saying, “if you want to sell your product through us you must not sell it elsewhere for cheaper”. don’t like it? don’t sell your product on steam. simple as that.

valve has a fiscal responsibility to ensure that developers aren’t siphoning customers away from the platform and requiring equal pricing for the same product across all platforms ensures a level playing field for both devs and resellers.

ask yourself, why would Ubisoft sell a game on steam for $60 and then attempt to sell the same game on their platform for $40? I’ll give you a hint, it’s not out of the goodness of their heart.

it’s wild how those letters spell “Bloomberg” and not “Eurogamer”. how does that work?

omg yes!

FYI: Eurogamer is owned by IGN who is owned by Ziff Davis.

IGN has been known to write hit pieces against competition for Ziff Davis and their partners.