- cross-posted to:
- steam@lemmy.ml
- gaming@lemmy.zip
- bread ( @bread@feddit.nl ) 21•4 months ago
As a consumer, I don’t care about this. Even if Valve’s cut were lower, the prices would remain the same. I don’t get a cheaper game, the publisher just gets a higher cut, so it doesn’t directly benefit me.
- Hugh_Jeggs ( @Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ) 16•4 months ago
Lot of people misunderstanding just how fuckin strict anti-monopoly laws are in parts of Europe
You know how we all laugh at American internet prices? That’s only one example of how much more Freedom©®™ we actually have
- randombullet ( @randombullet@programming.dev ) 6•4 months ago
Oh boy, German internet prices would like a word.
All jokes aside, it’s gotten way better the past few years.
But I’m still paying for texts. Imagine that.
- Hugh_Jeggs ( @Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ) 2•4 months ago
We don’t talk about Germany
- lulztard ( @lulztard@feddit.de ) 1•4 months ago
Germanistan needs help though, please talk about us. :(
- Asafum ( @Asafum@feddit.nl ) 3•4 months ago
American Internet companies are fucking disgusting.
Their speed rates are just throttling speed, yet just this year they got rid of my 300mbs plan ($80/month) and forced me into a 500mbs plan ($110/month!!!) without saying a word. I had it on auto pay and just happened to check to make sure it’s still going through…
That should be fucking illegal, but this is America: land of the fee home of the billionaire.
- Rentlar ( @Rentlar@lemmy.ca ) 14•4 months ago
It’s true that Steam is in a dominant market position so I do agree they should be kept in check. At the same time, their value-add is quite reasonable, so I wonder what the “correct” charge is for the service they provide. Or perhaps some system they need to make more open to competition like Steamworks or the Workshop?