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Lyricism6055@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

It costs a LOT to build a global cdn with the uptime steam has. That 30% is totally justified as a platform fee imo

Especially now with cloud storage and software development costs being so high.

I mean I see your point for sure, but I also see why consistency matters too. Why would valve “punish” someone for doing well? Those big titles are also great for revenue on their side too so honestly selling more units would be even more justifiable to lower the revenue split (from a business perspective on valves side)

Idk. Just thinking out loud I guess.

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hirihit640@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

That 30% is totally justified as a platform fee imo

and yet everybody hates on Apple’s 30% cut…

Why would valve “punish” someone for doing well?

maybe it could be like how rich people are taxed more? (at least if rich people paid their taxes in the first place)

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- Adalast@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I don’t personally hate on Apple’s 30%. I hate on Apple’s predatory licensing practices which demand an upfront expenditure before the first unit sells at all.
  
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