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That lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefit
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Steam singlehandedly stopped piracy overnight for me.
Developers were getting $0 from me before steam, and thousands of $$$ from me after steam.
The 30% cut is well worth it for developers, plus all the other services steam provides. Kids have no idea how buying, installing, modding, patching games used to be like.
You cant compare this to the apple app store
Name another platform that has gone 20 years without completely enshittifying itself.
We can start shitting on steam when they turn evil
That's like saying "the landlord fixing my plumbing, so I'm thankful he's charging me so much in rent." Fuck no. I like Steam and what they've done, but I'd rather more money go to the people actually creating the content. Steam is useful, but they aren't doing 30% of the work of game development, so they shouldn't get 30% of the cut.
Valve's role is more that of a custodian I'd say. And one that is really competent.