Valve will see you in court.
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Are you allowed to share the details of this class action? Or at least give us a vague reasoning behind it if you can't share details?
The argument is that Valve's exceedingly large market share in the digital marketplace has increased prices of third party publishers, notably via the clause that obliges third parties to not undercut steam if they want to be listed there. Valve's 30% cut then becomes a markup which injures its end users.
Is it anti-trust, then? I don’t know the exact proper legal terminology, but your suit alleges that they have too much market influence, essentially?
The argument uses anti-trust language, so I believe so.
My primary issue at this point is that it's in arbitration, per the old Subscriber agreement, so while I'm in general against arbitration, agreeing to court proceedings all the way across the country from the jurisdiction I live in is not in my best interest.