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minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down12·6 months agoA large chunk of steam games can’t be brought elsewhere.
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·6 months agoAre we pretending publishers not bothering putting their games on every storefront is the same as paying publishers to not put those games on competing storefronts?
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·6 months agoThe end result is the same for the consumer.
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·6 months agoIntention matters too.
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·6 months agoNot to me. I just want to play games. Already have multiple launchers. Doesn’t make a difference.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months ago The end result is the same for the consumer. It really isn’t. In one case a publisher is choosing to publish where the customers are. If consumers don’t like that service they are free to publish somewhere else In the other case a company is trying to force consumers to use their service, instead of providing a better service that they would want to use.
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·6 months agoEither way you install a client and play a game. Already have a few so it doesn’t really matter.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoThat’s not an exclusivity deal.
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months agoAll the same to me. I have to install a specific client to play a game.
A large chunk of steam games can’t be brought elsewhere.
Are we pretending publishers not bothering putting their games on every storefront is the same as paying publishers to not put those games on competing storefronts?
The end result is the same for the consumer.
Intention matters too.
Not to me. I just want to play games. Already have multiple launchers. Doesn’t make a difference.
It really isn’t.
In one case a publisher is choosing to publish where the customers are. If consumers don’t like that service they are free to publish somewhere else
In the other case a company is trying to force consumers to use their service, instead of providing a better service that they would want to use.
Either way you install a client and play a game. Already have a few so it doesn’t really matter.
That’s not an exclusivity deal.
All the same to me. I have to install a specific client to play a game.