A few reasons:
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I feel like any other major company with Steam’s marketshare would be far less consumer friendly than steam.
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Steam funnels a lot of money into Linux, and Linux is very popular on Lemmy. If you use Linux, you are benefiting from Steam’s success.
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Steam is just nice to use, and has good deals. It’s nice to have my games in one place, and I don’t know if any other storefront with as many nice user benefiting features as steam.
Copernican@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I agree with all these things. But I dont understand the hail corporate mentality of being upset or knee jerk defending steam. I’m curious to see where the suit goes and evaluate if I should consider joining a class action suit as I learn more.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I think theres also the secondary unstated factor some of us have, that being that Steam is working as a solid buffer against more malignant groups. The fact that Steam is for a lack of a better term incorruptible is frankly very useful, especially with groups like the Saudis and China investing a lot of money and influence into gaming recently. Better a flawed but ultimately decent corporation than whatever the fuck the Saudis or China would replace it with.
Kedly@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Its more we’re defending against Steams competition and dont want to see them gain any ground (Except itch and GoG, they’re cool)