• doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    On the one hand valve having a monopoly is bad for the industry and it’s consumers.

    On the other hand nobody seems to be trying to provide a truly competitive service without also being far more anti-consumer than valve from the get go.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      Yup, I’m with Steam because it’s better, not because I like Valve or something. If someone else provides a better service for my use case (Linux with a mix of PC and handheld PC), I’ll use them.

      I avoid Epic on the principle of hating exclusives (I give Valve a pass on their games because they don’t make many), I avoid UPlay and EA because I hate their stupid DRM, and I don’t use GOG because they don’t have an official Linux client and they don’t support third party clients. Any of those could win by business if they catered to what I care about, for example:

      • make a Linux client
      • make their games offline capable
      • offer a good selection of games

      That’s it. They don’t even need to beat Steam in terms of investing in Linux, I just want to be a first class citizen on their platform.