Same as every game company, except steam is all digital so you never own your games. Steam will take them away one day. Steam is run by a billionaire, which by default makes him a wage thief and leech. I would say steam has good PR, except they don’t, you steam boys heel them off for free.
The trillion dollar corporation isn’t your friend, and neither is Gabe. If you have an ethical dilemma with game companies, stop gaming
Not owning digital content isn’t a Valve problem, it’s a “government is deeply corrupt” problem. You can thank the DMCA and laws like it for the loss of ownership. Want change? Run for office, call and harass politicians until they repeal anti-consumer laws like the DMCA and enshrine digital ownership as law.
I agree that people glaze up Gabe way too much (the dude has a fuckin mega yacht for Christ’s sake), but in the specific area of games pricing I don’t think Steam is much of a problem from a consumer standpoint. I still think they should give more of the sale share to the actual devs though.
Just want to say fuck yeah for saying this. Fuck steam/gabe. They may have been at the forefront of popularizing Pc gaming but they also were and are actively influential in the worst parts of the hobby. Gabe made billions off teaching children to gamble and loot boxes. Gabe made billions ensuring people are ok not owning their games.
It’s crap that steam has a positive reputation at all.
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“But not steam cause that’s MY corporation and Gabe is MY billionaire”
They’re all taking advantage of you
Hey that’s me there, and I say do Valve too. They are special but that kind of public discussion through court won’t hurt anyone.
I didn’t know valve sells you hardware that locks you to steam
There it is, defending corporations and billionaires. Pathetic
Defending them from what? You haven’t brought up any real arguments for why Steam is relevant in this scenario. You’re just lashing out for no reason.
Im curious, what do you want to file a case on Valve/Gabe for?
Same as every game company, except steam is all digital so you never own your games. Steam will take them away one day. Steam is run by a billionaire, which by default makes him a wage thief and leech. I would say steam has good PR, except they don’t, you steam boys heel them off for free.
The trillion dollar corporation isn’t your friend, and neither is Gabe. If you have an ethical dilemma with game companies, stop gaming
Not owning digital content isn’t a Valve problem, it’s a “government is deeply corrupt” problem. You can thank the DMCA and laws like it for the loss of ownership. Want change? Run for office, call and harass politicians until they repeal anti-consumer laws like the DMCA and enshrine digital ownership as law.
I agree that people glaze up Gabe way too much (the dude has a fuckin mega yacht for Christ’s sake), but in the specific area of games pricing I don’t think Steam is much of a problem from a consumer standpoint. I still think they should give more of the sale share to the actual devs though.
To correct you, he has many mega yachts.
Truly a man of the people
Yeah. It’s definitely a net good to introduce children to gambling to fund your mega yacht hobby.
Just want to say fuck yeah for saying this. Fuck steam/gabe. They may have been at the forefront of popularizing Pc gaming but they also were and are actively influential in the worst parts of the hobby. Gabe made billions off teaching children to gamble and loot boxes. Gabe made billions ensuring people are ok not owning their games.
It’s crap that steam has a positive reputation at all.