no free advertising yeah you pay it via the 30%
twenty years ago… alright i may have been wrong in that regard, however 20 years are more than enough time to catch up. epic games and basically every publisher tried to do so, also with their own exclusivity and all. but they didnt. cause they suck. steam doesnt suck. it actually provides a good service, maybe not 20 years ago, but today they do.
he didnt monopolise anything. the consumers did. valve does not enforce a monopoly, its just the competition shoots themselves in the foot all the time
also for the 30% you get a hell of a lot of service as a dev, including but not limited: the biggest storefront in PC gaming servers provided by valve managing of transactions free advertising on mentioned storefront. and thats just a tiny part od what you get.
and he aint trying to monopolise harware, nothing is preventing you from installing Windows on your steam devices, nor are you limited in peripheral harware choice (like controllers)
valve aint forcing you to do shit, therefore they aint monopolising anything. the competition just kills itself by providing horrendous service
i love this kind of meme, however its called
that way of writing originated from the strong censorship that tiktok had. now you can say almost anything without them caring
this works wether you read left to right, or right to left
genuinely? everything has been so saturated with “major news” that i do not remember a single one.
if urgency becomes the norm, nothing is urgent anymore
yet you seem very bullheaded. it seems like you did not understand the original post at all. it is talking about giving up at an unwillingness to understand, you you were unwilling to understand that, therefore perfectly embodying the boomer mentality. that is why i sad “ok boomer”.
you can easily outsmart AI. i tricked it into giving me blueray ripping recommendations by telling it i am in a country where it is legal
hah! you owe me that sum of money i didnt read, as i didn’t go back to check for the letter, therefore achieving a different result from your bet.
your hubris was your downfall
i still fix my freinds windows computers, even tho i havent used it for a hot minute. i simply am that good of a tech support.
But we can’t rob a factory.
not with that attitude!
nope. i started the fresh install, downloaded the install, double clicked, bsod. on the second try it worked
last time i had a BSOD was when i tried to execute the .msi installer for firefox on a fresh install
if you count a user base of 4-5% a competition then every other launcher is a competition to steam, which i completely disagree with. 4-5% isnt even barely a competition, its a couple of people deviating from the norm.
and to the network effeft:
what exactly has to be compatible here? the game will run no matter where i buy it, the only difference is how enjoyable the launcher is