Comment on An unsettling indie game about horses keeps getting banned from stores
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 2 days agoI’m with you until I got here. What world can you force people to sell shit they don’t want to sell? In a world with anti trust laws.
I like steam, but arbitrary decisions like this is going to get them under fire by the FTC sooner rather than later.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
This all happened because they had a literal child riding one of the naked adults on a lead and then wanted to play dumb. I dont agree with Steam practically controlling the PC market, but this one is a case of the developers stepping on their own rake and then turning around and saying “look what they’ve done to me!” I don’t know why this is such an unpopular opinion. But I digress. Because in actuality I would simply not buy the game, I don’t actually care if it is available on Steam, I’m just saying having a kid ride a naked adults shoulders is very obviously not going to pass their content checks.
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 2 days ago
And I would agree with you if that content were still in the game.
If they are disallowed on Steam, with no recourse, and Steam’s market share is 75%, this is the letter and verse WHY we have antitrust laws. They are the textbook definition of a monopoly.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
If you burn someone like that, they aren’t going to accept do overs. “Sorry for what you perceived as CSAM” doesn’t work.
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 2 days ago
A monopoly giving zero recourse doesn’t work, either. It’s a shame, because I like steam for the most part.