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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee" (finance.yahoo.com)
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[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 days ago

Developers place DRM, that's not s requirement of Steam publishing. Also, 99% of digital stores state you're only buying a license. That's a problem with modern society, not Steam.

[-] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today -3 points 4 days ago

So Steam is part of the problem. They can simply not have that in their EULA. With that attitude no change will ever happen for the better

[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I don't think blaming Steam for society's ills is a valid response.

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 days ago

That's not what we're doing. Not giving steam a pass for doing the same bad shit that you hate other companies for doing isn't putting society's ills into steam. It's just not being hypocritical.

[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Nobody said steam was better because of their EULA, so calling Steam out for something every developer on the planet does is what's hypocritical.

[-] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

Not nearly every developer puts DRM in their games and not every platform that distributes software says you only license the software, many let you own it

[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Those platforms are in the minority.

[-] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

So let's all band together and not purchase things from companies that don't let us own what we bought. These companies will have to change their behavior if they see a fall in sales. Let's make ownership the majority again

[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

I just stopped buying things from companies.

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