China's ByteDance reportedly building a Steam competitor — 'GameTop' (www.tomshardware.com)

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'GameTop' for overseas markets will distribute and publish games like any other store, while harboring a social space with AI-assisted creator tools

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[-] thetaT@hexbear.net 30 points 3 weeks ago

while i'm not the biggest fan of Steam either, i fear that given how ByteDance operates, this might become more DRM'ed ad-filled AI-filled slop i have to deal with just to download a game

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