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Steam keeps on winning (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Carighan to c/games
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From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin' back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

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[–] Rose -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not to mention that open source software can and sometimes does contain spyware.

[–] CosmicCleric 2 points 10 months ago

Not to mention that open source software can and sometimes does contain spyware.

That seems allot more like a one-off, a one time thing.

Also, anyone can view the source code for the open source product.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Nobody with two brain cells says foss can't have spy/malware. What's true is only that in important projects, it is very likely it will raise flags very soon. For example, see your link