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.
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 20 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.
architect@thelemmy.club 1 hour ago
The entirety of third party selling on Amazon is under this agreement. This is why i don’t think Steam will lose. Not because they shouldn’t, but because the money and power behind this are not valve at all.
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 7 hours ago
Whataboutism. It shouldn’t be allowed in any TOS.
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Anticompetitive behavior is tolerated much more from companies that aren’t the market leader, and Apple Books is far from the market leader.
architect@thelemmy.club 1 hour ago
Amazon started it. They are the market when it comes to books.