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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)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 7 months ago (8 children)

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.

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  • [–] -4 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    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

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    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

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Those platforms are in the minority.

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