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warm@kbin.earth ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

It only applies to Steam product keys though, so developers cannot sell cheap Steam keys on other platforms while still taking advantage of Steam's services.

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Cavemanfreak@programming.dev ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I believe the problem is that it isn’t just Steam keys. There’s apparently emails from Valve employees that state that it’s all versions of the game, and that seems to be the real crux here. And if that’s true it’s pretty shitty, and they might actually lose this.

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- warm@kbin.earth ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Do you have a source for that? All I can find on their Steamworks site is the rules on Steam keys being restricted, not other versions. Maybe I missed that email part in the news.
  
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  - Cavemanfreak@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    They were mentioned in a recent Youtube video by Bellular News. I haven’t read more about it myself.
    
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eli@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yes this is a more apt description, sorry, this whole thing has been stupid tbh.

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