Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoOh no, we don’t complain about Steam exclusivity, monopolies are ok as long as they’re the monopolies that we want, ok? What happens when Valve turns to shit and we made sure there’s no viable alternative? That will never happen! Are you kidding?
pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When it turns to shit, we have the high seas. Until then, we might as well enjoy the fact that Valve isn’t a public company obligated to chase short term profits for shareholders.
Everything goes to shit eventually, but you don’t need to pre-emptively make yourself suffer.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
“make yourself suffer”
I open Steam, switch to the library open my game and play
I open Epic, open my game from the main screen and play
So much suffering! Heck, I also sent more money to the devs through that suffering!
pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Making yourself suffer” by boycotting Steam.
It goes against every fiber of my being to not utterly despise a multi-billion dollar corporation, but I just don’t have the energy that I used to. I have to pick the battles I want to fight, and they haven’t done enough to make it worth it for me to do that.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Never said I boycott Steam, I said I don’t boycott any of them
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Most of the 30% cut goes to developing the store, software, and even hardware. Valve has worked to make gaming on Linux way more feasible and easy, popularized handheld PC’s, made game streaming simple, etc.
Meanwhile EGS took 2 whole years to add a shopping cart to their online store and had multiple data breaches. That is what I call enshitification
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
No need to defend the guy who owns a yacht collection buddy, I’m sure he does perfectly fine without you