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Steam Is Run By Fewer Than 80 Staff, Lawsuit Docs Reveal
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After that well-informed take, listen to an actual indie developer talk about why the 30% is worth it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwoAmifo9r0 (it's a separate but similar lawsuit by a "waaahmbulance-chaser" law firm in the UK)
Damn dude that link fuckin DESTROYS every braindead "b-b-but STEAMS MONOPOLY!!!" arguement I've seen uttered by idiots who want to bring late stage capitalism to the PC marketplace just so they can pretend they stood up to a company
Yes, developers are also victims of this monopoly. It's obviously better ("worth it") to pay 30% for visibility on the biggest marketplace.
They also maintain file hosting for saves, game versions and a lot of useful apis for games https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features
Yes, it's a nice cage.
Enjoy accelerating late stage capitalism while pretending you're against it because you're incapable of seeing things outside of black and white thinking
I'm accelerating late stage capitalism by being critical of monopolies? What???