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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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[–] 18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What anti-consumer is exactly about Steam? Comparatively to pretty much any other online game store, Steam is a super-pro-consumer-the-only-good-choice store.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago

    Spent a decade saying refunds weren't possible until the EU told them to wise up. And even then it's the bare minimum.

    Selling broken and abandoned games.

    Entering deals with publishers to force physical copies of the game to use Steam. Making the disc worthless.

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