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What do you think of this prediction? (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/steam@lemmy.ml
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Also Valve isn't the charity they believe it is. It's a de-facto monopoly, and it has serious moderation issues (basically if you bought enough games, they will less likely ban you for hatespeech and such).

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Valve isn't pulling any anticompetitive moves though. They just try to secure profits by being the best instead of destroying everyone else that dares to compete with them.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Valve isn't pulling any anticompetitive moves though.

    Well, they are allegedly forcing price parity on publishers, so they can't sell cheaper on their own website or some other storefront that takes smaller cuts. That's anticompetitive as shit, and they are being sued over it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    That parity thing was debunked 2 years ago when a similar lawsuit against Valve was dismissed, their parity thing is for resold Steam keys, which Valve issues with no profit margin. Milberg London are trolls that tried to do the same lawsuit against Sony and PlayStation last year. Also got nowhere.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    They're not a defacto monopoly? There's many different ways to buy games online and valve does not have anti-consumer practices like exclusivity deals. I have not heard anything about them not banning for hate speech? Every time I've ever reported something its been taken down within 48hrs

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