But sweeny mad no one lieks epic store
cogman@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I looked at the lawsuit details. Steam basically did what everyone else does. Apple, google, EA, everyone.
They charge 30% of the sale. They require that the steam price be the same as an external price.
It’s the most nothing of nothings.
To compare, what MS did when they got smacked with their monopoly lawsuit is bundle IE with the OS and they both made it hard to switch the default and they’d constantly try to switch you back to IE.
cheat700000007@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Serinus@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Any of those places charging 30% on a product they’re only publishing electronically is using walled gardens and monopolistic practices to do so.
I’d rather they go after Steam last, but Steam belongs in that group with Apple, Google, and Microsoft. It’s extraordinarily difficult to sell your PC game without Steam. A few large studios can do it, but not many others.
Still notas egregious as Apple, and now Android with their restrictions on side loading.
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
What do you propose Steam changes instead of 30%?
exu@feditown.com 20 hours ago
*steam price the same as external price only if the external sale is for steam keys. And you have some time to offer an equivalent sale on steam.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 hours ago
This is the point everyone tends to gloss over. Glad to see someone has actually read the friggin’ Steam TOS.
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
The problem is that, allegedly, there are threatening emails from Valve to developers who tried to sell for lower prices on other platforms (NOT Steam keys). If this is true, then there is actual ammunition against Valve.
Katana314@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I’ll point out, when I went to sell my book on Apple Books, they had this in their TOS as well - I wasn’t allowed to sell the same digital book for less somewhere else. It is not a new or unique agreement.
Saapas@piefed.zip 18 hours ago
That doesn’t sound as bad