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Oh no, we don't complain about Steam exclusivity, monopolies are ok as long as they're the monopolies that we want, ok? What happens when Valve turns to shit and we made sure there's no viable alternative? That will never happen! Are you kidding?
When it turns to shit, we have the high seas.
Everything goes to shit eventually, but pre-emptively making yourself suffer is just silly. Enjoy the time you have, and vote with your wallet once they start doing anticompetitive crap like paid exclusivity deals. Until then, we might as well enjoy the fact that Valve isn't a public company obligated to chase short term profits for shareholders.
"make yourself suffer"
I open Steam, switch to the library open my game and play
I open Epic, open my game from the main screen and play
So much suffering! Heck, I also sent more money to the devs through that suffering!
If you think taking a 30% cut to enrich a billionaire isn't enshitifaction then I don't know what to tell you buddy.
"Making yourself suffer" by boycotting Steam.
It goes against every fiber of my being to not utterly despise a multi-billion dollar corporation, but I just don't have the energy that I used to. I have to pick the battles I want to fight, and they haven't done enough to make it worth it for me to do that.
Never said I boycott Steam, I said I don't boycott any of them