• OrgunDonor@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    This will always be funny to me. In no other aspect of my life do I even know the charge of distributors or shops is, and I dont give a fuck. I still don’t know why I as a consumer should give a fuck because that aint my problem.

    I go where the best service and the best options for me are. In terms of digital games stores, Steam is easily that platform. In terms of phone platforms, for me it is easily not apple, I coule not care how much people charge to sell in their stores.

    I do care about dumb monopolistic limitations though, things like apple forcing browsers to use webkit. That would be like steam forcing all games to use the source engine. Apple not allowing people to install their own store fronts, Google making that more difficult, Steam not allowing you to install Epic… oh wait.

    • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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      18 days ago

      Steam is a DRM system. It’s amazing to hear people profess their horniness for a DRM system.

      • auzy@lemmy.world
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        18 days ago

        It’s not just a drm system

        It does a lot of things. Apparently developers mention that it even makes adding things like multiplayer support really easy

        Also, cloud saves and such too

        On Linux, they also emulate Windows for game compatibility

        Steam can charge because they do what they do well and hide the fact they actually do a lot more. It’s easier to get an old school game running if it’s steam than a normal exe generally