• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Do you purchase on Steam? Because it is in a monopolistic position and that’s much more anti consumer than anything Epic or GOG can do in their position.

    That’s not even talking about the 30% cut which means less money going to the devs (and before you say they use the money to innovate, devs being able to afford making games is much more important for gaming than developing virtual trading cards or enriching a billionaire with a yacht collection).

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      Because it is in a monopolistic position

      Is it forcing a monopolistic position? Or is it’s “monopolistic position” just a result of it being popular and widely used?

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        Do we need to wait until they start abusing their position before we react to the fact that they can do whatever the fuck they want with the PC gaming market?

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          Do we need to wait until they start abusing their position

          Should we be punishing Steam for things they haven’t done?

          Epic was already trying to abuse their position as soon as they started up.

          “You should purchase from the shitty company because if you purchase from the better company they might maybe one day become shitty” is not a compelling argument.

          If Steam starts abusing their position and becomes shitty then I will stop using Steam. There is nothing morally or ethically wrong (or difficult) with “pirating” the games I have legally purchased on Steam in order to access them outside of the Steam environment.