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Steam is a ticking time bomb (www.spacebar.news)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I personally don't have an issue with Google or Apple doing it. Even GOG does it. And given the state of other launchers it seems more expenses may be necessary than thought to make an ecosystem that is feature rich, pay their employees well, and branch out into other ventures that might not pan out for a long time.

And when it comes to places like Steam or Android it's not in a locked ecosystems either like Apple, so people aren't locked to one store like with the PS5 or Nintendo Switch. But, yeah it could be lower, but it just one part of a larger issue.