Ask Lemmy
A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions
Rules: (interactive)
1) Be nice and; have fun
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
2) All posts must end with a '?'
This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?
3) No spam
Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.
4) NSFW is okay, within reason
Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected].
NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].
5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions.
If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.
6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try [email protected] or [email protected]
Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.
Partnered Communities:
Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
view the rest of the comments
I feel you, I think the pro-steam stance here on Lemmy is a bit confusing.
I actually don't find it confusing at all, as I'm also pro-Steam. They do a lot of very cool things and actually much better than everyone else. But they're still part of a systemic problem that is worth criticizing/raising awareness for/solving.
It's an example of team sports/tribalism. People either see a thing as universally good or universally bad. Steam is the Good Guy, so our psyche is wired to not criticize them as much as possible.
that's true, I think of them as the bad guy, because I hate launchers, so I try to critizise them a lot... even though compared to most other big companies they are a saint. sad
I can understand that, but Valve is very customer focused, which is why people love them. It's sad to say but these days most companies are not. Bad support, bad products, bad policies, etc most companies will try to give the shittiest passable product while spending big on marketing to grow.
Valve has had excellent support, innovative and niche products, and very pro-customer policies. Gabe's often repeated quote on why people pirate is upheld within his company and it's how they succeed.
I firmly believe that their success is due to their private ownership and his vision. If he were to sell or pass away, I would immediately stop trusting valve and look at them with a lot more scrutiny to see if they are changing for the worse, but for now he has earned my trust.
I totally get preferring GOG or systems that don't require launches. Trust me. I never buy Rockstar or EA games because their lainchers are so anonying. Steam just works so well that I see their launcher as a benefit and not an annoyance. That's just me though. Anyway, that some perspective from a Valve fan.
It probably has to do with how many people here use Linux, and Steam's commitment to supporting Linux gaming. I myself have a fairly high opinion of them; they're not perfect, but they're better than the other big companies and I can actually play their games.
I also actually have a very high opinion of them, for all the same reasons. I even said that in my original comment that I'm not actually very much against Steam doing what it's doing, since they're still doing better stuff than anybody else.
I'm just not a fanboy and am able to criticize things I like.