minus-squareBanzai51@midwest.socialtoGaming@beehaw.org•Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoNot a monopoly. Only people mad at Steam are competitors. Competitors focus on shareholders, Steam focuses on gamers, you know, their customers. linkfedilink
minus-squareBanzai51@midwest.socialtoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Valve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe heady days of using Copy-b and Copy-c in the Commodore 64 days. Back when floppies were really floppies. linkfedilink
Not a monopoly. Only people mad at Steam are competitors. Competitors focus on shareholders, Steam focuses on gamers, you know, their customers.