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minus-squaremisk@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down20·4 months agoYes, developers are also victims of this monopoly. It’s obviously better (“worth it”) to pay 30% for visibility on the biggest marketplace.
minus-squareProxyZeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·4 months agoThey also maintain file hosting for saves, game versions and a lot of useful apis for games https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features
minus-squaremisk@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down23·4 months agoYes, it’s a nice cage.
minus-squareKedly@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 months agoEnjoy accelerating late stage capitalism while pretending you’re against it because you’re incapable of seeing things outside of black and white thinking
minus-squaremisk@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·4 months agoI’m accelerating late stage capitalism by being critical of monopolies? What???
Yes, developers are also victims of this monopoly. It’s obviously better (“worth it”) to pay 30% for visibility on the biggest marketplace.
They also maintain file hosting for saves, game versions and a lot of useful apis for games https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features
Yes, it’s a nice cage.
Enjoy accelerating late stage capitalism while pretending you’re against it because you’re incapable of seeing things outside of black and white thinking
I’m accelerating late stage capitalism by being critical of monopolies? What???