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Yeah and what I am saying is this is stupid shit to do that for.

You need to work on your reading comprehension.

So what you are arguing for really is for Steam and Epic to distribute this.

Yes, I am. There doesn’t appear to be a non-moral-panic reason for it to be barred, and being barred from steam will have a deleterious effect on the game and on the studio’s ability to keep making games. I wish company didn’t have that power, but they do.

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Sanctus@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Its their platform. In what world can you force people to sell shit they dont want to sell? You can literally go buy it and experience the art right now. But its not on Steam with achievements and friends seeing me play it so fuck it? Lmao what logic is this?

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- Feyd@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  They are getting loads of marketing from this
  
  This particular game is. It won’t always apply to every game, which is why I want digital marketplaces that have so much market dominance they can make or break studios to not choose which games they allow on their platforms to not be based on vibes.
  
  This seems pretty straightforward and your argument is incoherent at this point. They are getting loads of marketing from this
  
  My argument isn’t incoherent just because you have terrible reading comprehension.
  
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  - Sanctus@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Here: https://www.gog.com/en/game/horses play the game. There, thats a major marketplace right there and literally the best one.
    
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    Feyd@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I don’t understand why you keep replying without even pretending to engage the points and arguments that I’ve made.
    
    Do you think saying “the game is available elsewhere” addresses what I said about marketplace dominance at all?
    
    Do you think anything you’ve said that only applies to this specific game addresses anything I said about systemic problems?
    
    You aren’t even trying to have a discussion. You’re just saying “I don’t like the game anyway so it’s good it’s not on steam” and pretending it being available on other storefronts and that it happened to go viral has any bearing on any of the points I’ve made when it obviously doesn’t.
    
    In any case, it’s pretty clear at this point that you’re not going to engage with me faithfully, so I’ll be on my way. Have a good day!
    
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