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That lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefit(www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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Yeah, I think the big difference between Steam and Google Play and the App Store is that Steam does not own Windows and has actual competition.

I think asking for a cut just because you own the OS is despicable, but Steam is actually providing a service.

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kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Steam does own SteamOS but they also bundle a third party software repo (flathub).

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taiyang@lemmy.world
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Their Deck is still technically niche and yet somehow I can still pretty much install whatever I want in desktop mode, and can even make links in steam to them. (You can even put Epic on it, but that takes a bit of a work around).

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ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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You bring up a good point, why are consoles not being forced to allow other app stores like phones?

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Idk, I use a Google Pixel. For the OS I use GraphineOS and for app stores I have obtainium plus Accrescent

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