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[โ€“] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

steam is just so based.

I dont think a single more based company has ever existed. It rivals the greats like linux, with a touch of gambling.

[โ€“] nomy@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I dont think a single more based company has ever existed.

Hyperbole much? I like Steam as much as the next guy but lets not pretend the guy that owns 6 yachts is a good person just because he's better than the next worst. Steam DRMs the shit out of games sold on their platform and if you're an indie dev that wants to sell your game Steam is THE place to do it.

Steam made $10bn last year, they have about 100 employees (their parent company Valve has about 400). I used to be a bigger fan of GabeN but more recently really started considering him and looking into it and realized he's just another unethical billionaire. This video by Coffeezilla is a good jumping off point. regarding the intentional targeting of youth with addictive gambling mechanics in loot crates and circumventing gambling laws. It's all very purposeful and continues to this day.

[โ€“] Gawdl3y@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Steam's DRM is completely optional and is among the least intrusive DRMs available for developers to use. Many games are sold 100% DRM-free on Steam.

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[โ€“] Lemjukes@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Steam may be a very successful business, but theyโ€™re still the seed crystal for a whole ecosystem of gambling that preys on addicts and children with the whole CSGO loot box thing. Take a wild guess what forms of addiction have the highest suicide rates?

Fuck Valve. Fuck all Corps. No business has ever nor can ever, genuinely give a shit about anything other than increasing profit.

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