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[–] GeneralEmergency 13 points 1 year ago (17 children)

ITT: G*mers being Stockholmed.

[–] jcit878 15 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I can't name a single other digital service anywhere near steam level of trust. things you bought don't disappear. they are on the record saying there is a contingency in case of shutdown. they havnt a used their position. as far as market leaders go, you could do worse

[–] GeneralEmergency -4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Steam happily took money from unity asset flips and one level early access titles for years.

They have zero quality control and instead hashed out the curator system for users to do their job for them.

[–] pkpenguin 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a lot like saying YouTube is evil for allowing anyone to upload videos to their platform

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Youtube videos are free

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