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„They wouldn’t dare to do this” is not a very comforting reassurance with how things are going currently. I thought military industrial complex would prevent it but milk is already spilled.

Yeah, as a resident Valve hater I agree it’s a weird thing to get angry over.

If there was anything to get angry over is that I bought this game in a box (stand alone because I was too broke for Orange Box!) with an understanding that it’s an online multiplayer shooter. Meaning, there are servers you join manually from a list, shoot at other guys for a bit and return to that server or not based on how good time it was. This functionality has been ripped out of the game and replaced with some weird algorithm. Before that Valve broke their own design promises of clear silhouettes which made the game less accessible. The game has been dead, riddled with bots farming in-game items that can be traded for real money that Valve added to the game because they could. If it was any other game I wouldn’t care but TF2 started out as an amazing game that was mangled beyond recognition by Valve greed.

They should have released TF2 source code this way 10 years ago. They’re probably doing this now because income from TF2 related items on Marketplace is laughably small compared to their other titles.

Yoghurt that they make out of this poor Balkan man is very tasty when combined with garlic.

I was head mod of a national sub for 2 years so I’ll offer their perspective.

Big subreddits are constantly attacked by clever ways to self promote. Your trust was broken so many times you were forced into cynicism. Your rules need to be simple and treat everyone equally. You don’t want to make too many judgment calls because they’re always controversial. You don’t want to spend that much time moderating because you’re not getting paid. You don’t have a way to increase your headcount because people who can mod are a precious resource. You have to maintain cohesion within moderation team because you’ll end up squabbling rather than gardening.

But there are also mods that are just scared of losing power.

Streamers can host it themselves. From what I hear around Lemmy hosting and streaming video is so cheap it can be done without money from ads ;)

US can stop approving HIMARs strikes, stop approving Patriot missiles from going up and prevent Starlink from connecting. And that’s without addressing this dubious claim in how much was delivered. Better face a reality than spread copium like this.

Valve building their own Android for games is not beneficial to Linux. I don’t know how many times do you guys need to be surprised.

If publishers felt they were being ripped off, they could go elsewhere

They must be perfectly happy with those 30% then! It’s not that gamers sit out any non-Steam exclusive.

I’m not going to argue any further because it’s pointless. I wanted you to learn on somebody else’s mistakes but you’re very set on repeating them yourself before that.

Valve sets their cut at 30%. Would it be this high if Valve had competition? Would games cost the same if the cut was 10%? Why is it so high in the first place? What’s being offered in return?

Alan Wake 2 is a great example because it’s a game with both critical and popular acclaim that will be remembered years from now. Despite this, people decided to ignore it - they couldn’t be bothered with alternatives. Most of you claim those games on EGS so you don’t even have to make an account. This means that the platform now has such a high impact on what you consume that you’re going to skip on one of the best games of the year even though all that stops you is that it’s not in Steam. That’s a terrifying amount of power that people aren’t bothered by even though we’re talking about company that’s smug about selling gambling to children.

I sell games, sir, because I’m not made out of money. I buy digital too but it’s impossible with most AAA titles these days.

Anyway, I’d say it was your money to spend how you like, but Steam monopoly means games are more expensive than they need to be and you’re kidding yourself if you think otherwise.

Ministry of Defense wants chief o Polish Space Agency to resign because they didn’t notify them of this rocket launch. Supposedly they sent it to no a longer used email. Somehow that sounds to me that MoD changed emails and expected everyone to adjust on their own. I’m not sure what they wanted to do with this information. Shoot at debris in the sky?

Valve has an arguably better platform but is more expensive and doesn’t have some exclusives. That would be a great opportunity for a competitor yet nobody broke through despite pouring billions in. Weird, huh?

Valve didn’t figure out how to port Steam to ARM and dragged their feet on x86-64 so I’m not sure where that money goes, probably gambling research.