What standards would Microsoft EEE in this case? POSIX?

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If gambling can be regulated then why not monopolies? This was more to point out Valve won’t behave unless forced to.

Android is a Linux distribution like that and once notarisation requirement is implemented it’ll be indistinguishable from iOS. SteamOS will also likely become gradually more like iOS to appease creators of popular multiplayer games.

Has been predicted for almost as long as the year of Linux on desktop.

Windows NT kernel was never an issue, Microsoft would encounter exact same issues they’re facing now since the pressure to monetise remains.

Indies don’t release there either. I wrote about an observation in this comment thread - small devs are no longer releasing their games outside of Steam because they need all sales to go into one pot - if they split it between stores they rank lower in the only store that matters.

Most importantly, tax it like you tax alcohol and nicotine to cover societal costs related to drug abuse.

Aren’t you bothered by the fact that most Valve games these days rely on gambling for monetisation? Aren’t you bothered they don’t make an effort not to advertise gambling to children unless forced to like in Netherlands or Belgium?

Even if GOG gets Linux support it won’t make the devs come there.

I saw what it looked like. We had native ports and Wine (rebranded as Proton by Valve so that it looks like their own product).

EGS is just one store. Devs don’t even bother releasing games outside of Steam and you can’t make the same argument against GOG or Itch.io.

Doesn’t really matter. I like that about Trump, doesn’t pretend US was ever anything but a bully.

„Gabe wouldn’t do that to me”.

There’s GOG, there’s Itch.io. What’s wrong with them?

Nobody cares about Linux, it has user share close to a margin of error in a poll of 1000 people. Valve employing 3 Linux devs doesn’t offset damage to consumers and devs.

I’ve done so in this community it repeatedly over the course of ~2 years. If you don’t want to make an effort why would I.

For every seized tanker with Venezuelan oil going to China there is a dozen that goes unbothered through US-controlled Panama Canal. Circus for the masses.

Author is incredibly sure of his napkin math, LLM probably convinced him he’s right because that’s what it was made to do.

It’s the first point of agreement Valve signs with a dev publishing on Steam.

EGS is used as an example. They don’t charge devs until they earn $1M so you’d think games would release there at least but we now have many many Steam exclusives. It’s gotten to the point where indie games release demos on Itch.io but don’t release full games outside of Steam because they need algorithmic momentum there.

Check out EU DMA and how it impacts gatekeepers like Valve (even if Valve somehow dodged that label, probably because their finances are private).

They take 30% cut of nearly all PC game sales. Sony uses that kind of money to sell PS5 at half the cost, employing 3 Linux devs is the least Valve can do.