Comment on Anon delivers a prophecy

• TeaWithDani@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As long as it stays private, it really doesn’t matter. Enshitification comes from public stockholdership, venture capital or private equity trying to get insane returns on overpriced assets.

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  • LwL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Retail stores also take like 30% usually. People don’t give a shit because it’s not unusual and any option that takes less is worse in some way.

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    • TeaWithDani@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Retail stores make way less than that. Their margins are razor thin.

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      • LwL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re thinking of net profit margin. Gross profit margin will vary by item but 30% is a pretty normal amt there.

        The most specific number I could find is best buy averaging 22-23%. Which is a bit lower but same ballpark.

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  • Carrot@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I agree with the fact that 30% is a lot, but the way you’ve written it suggests no one but Valve takes a 30% cut. 30% is pretty standard for game platforms. Steam, GOG, Apple’s App Store, Google’s Play Store, PlayStation’s PSN, Microsoft’s Xbox Store, and Nintendo’s eShop all take 30%. The only reason why Epic Games takes less of a cut is because it’s the only way they might entice games to get published on their platform.

    Steam is super problematic in so many ways, I just don’t think their 30% cut is as big a deal as everyone thinks it is.

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    • TeaWithDani@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Im not critical, Im just saying 30% is a good business that pays well. They dont need to scalp more off the top.

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