Even for urinalists this is a hilariously shaky article. Valve has a "don't deliberately rip us off" clause in their agreement somewhere and this constitutes a monopoly?
Between The Guardian and the BBC being involved I'm thinking this entire thing is just a further proof of how people who buy and play games are being misrepresented by those wanting power and control via illicit means.
I mean, if the largest distributor is even vaguely independent then that's a problem for "them".
The EU for example have long ago declared that they think they have the right to censor the entire Internet under the premise that their citizens might see it. Why wouldn't the corrupt eurocrats try to strongarm steam?
I'd wager there's several more attempts in the future.
We're already murders, rapists, racists and all sorts of other things apparently.
Why not just all-out remove the drip and make sure that it comes from an approved Big Pharma that pays dividends to the politicians looking after their peons all so well?
I'd point out that your complaint against the upfront fee clashes with the complaint against scams. The fee was implemented to try and dissuade fly by night assholes doing that.
Now what they ought to implement is a monetary floor for giving reviews.
Hence my suggestion, to have a spending floor for reviews. You can't even friend people without spending five or six bucks so why are you allowed to review anything?
Looks like we've got another grifter coming after customers only too happy with how they spend their own money.
She should take on mobile phone game developers if she's wanting to stop children spending money credited to them. Not online outlets like Steam which have enough of an understanding of their customer base to have operated for over 20 years while these kid's parents were growing up.
The MSM is pissed that Steam allows so much free speech on their platform, since free speech is one of those dead white male racist colonizer concepts that no progressive society can tolerate.
Valve forces people. Meanwhile Microsoft and Epic agree to price AND store exclusivity deals. Or in Microsoft's case, buy the whole studio and deny competing platforms a version at all.
Even for urinalists this is a hilariously shaky article. Valve has a "don't deliberately rip us off" clause in their agreement somewhere and this constitutes a monopoly?
Between The Guardian and the BBC being involved I'm thinking this entire thing is just a further proof of how people who buy and play games are being misrepresented by those wanting power and control via illicit means.
I mean, if the largest distributor is even vaguely independent then that's a problem for "them".
The EU for example have long ago declared that they think they have the right to censor the entire Internet under the premise that their citizens might see it. Why wouldn't the corrupt eurocrats try to strongarm steam?
I'd wager there's several more attempts in the future.
We're already murders, rapists, racists and all sorts of other things apparently.
Why not just all-out remove the drip and make sure that it comes from an approved Big Pharma that pays dividends to the politicians looking after their peons all so well?
Like what?
I'd point out that your complaint against the upfront fee clashes with the complaint against scams. The fee was implemented to try and dissuade fly by night assholes doing that.
Now what they ought to implement is a monetary floor for giving reviews.
Hence my suggestion, to have a spending floor for reviews. You can't even friend people without spending five or six bucks so why are you allowed to review anything?
"urinalists"
stop doing that. it makes you sound like a child.
Nah.
Looks like we've got another grifter coming after customers only too happy with how they spend their own money.
She should take on mobile phone game developers if she's wanting to stop children spending money credited to them. Not online outlets like Steam which have enough of an understanding of their customer base to have operated for over 20 years while these kid's parents were growing up.
Pays off money with change found in couch cushions. BBC acts like they're the BBC
I think this person is just another grifter and has no chance of winning (Thankfully!)
Steam is much better than any other distribution platform and plenty of games don't use it and so there's no monopoly.
The MSM is pissed that Steam allows so much free speech on their platform, since free speech is one of those dead white male racist colonizer concepts that no progressive society can tolerate.
Valve forces people. Meanwhile Microsoft and Epic agree to price AND store exclusivity deals. Or in Microsoft's case, buy the whole studio and deny competing platforms a version at all.
Yeah, but it is against the raising of game prices.