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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I can see the rationality of it. Once anything gets big enough there are always going to be people who look at the flaws and decide that the thing shouldn't exist or are maybe just upset because they don't face enough scrutiny.

But also covert marketing is definitely a thing. That is to say that people who may have an interest in seeing steam fail or lose market share one day definitely are a presence on social media that is as open as lemmy.

Steam might not be perfect, but despite what the critics would have you believe, steam is still better than a lot of alternatives.