301
That lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefit (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
241 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 2 weeks ago

The only actually decent big company I can think of with a decent product and a track record of investing in open source and consumer benefiting solutions is being defended online. Shock.

[-] huginn@feddit.it 17 points 2 weeks ago

Private companies, for better or worse, are beholden only to the boss. No shareholder value to worry about.

That's the only reason steam hasn't been turning the thumbscrews on developers for stage 3 enshittification profit seeking.

[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

And why I'm clenching it for the day Gaben leaves. It will probably be disastrous.

[-] huginn@feddit.it 13 points 2 weeks ago

Idk the internal company culture is supposed to be pretty damn good and stable. Flat management structure with everyone getting to work on whatever they please...

Seems like a replacement council would probably do fine.

[-] index@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

The only actually decent big company I can think of with a decent product

A company that promotes gambling to underage kids with a proprietary third party launcher.

What are you doing on dbzer0 btw?

[-] prole 29 points 2 weeks ago

What are you doing on dbzer0 btw?

Are you gatekeeping piracy to a dude simply because they don't think Valve is the devil? Bruh, you need to go outside.

[-] index@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Defending a billionare and his proprietary products while having to resort to piracy to get them it's ridiculous

[-] prole 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not everyone uses piracy the same way as you. Some people will use it to try games before deciding to buy them.

[-] index@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

And some people will play games that you can try before buying and not shill online for the companies that have you resorting to piracy.

[-] prole 2 points 2 weeks ago

Shilling? Saying they're not total shit is shilling now?

[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago

A company that increases mental health of all users through entertainment, pushes the boundary of corporate responsibility and basically solves depression through their carefully crafted launcher.

See, I can also make up bullshit by extrapolating to the extreme.

[-] index@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

A company that increases mental health of all users through entertainment, pushes the boundary of corporate responsibility and basically solves depression through their carefully crafted launcher.

Excuse me, how does a third party proprietary launcher solve depression?

this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2024
301 points (100.0% liked)

PC Gaming

8766 readers
476 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
EXiLExJD@lemmy.ca
UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com