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Dusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopoly (twitter.com)
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"It makes money so it can't be wrong."

"It's commonplace so it must be fine."

Y'all have no idea what criticism even looks like.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The fact that using their services and paying them their cut is more profitable than not doing so absolutely, in and of itself, proves beyond discussion that their cut is fair.

Yes, sales should cost money. Moving units is a fucking massive value add. Valve deserves every penny they take and more. They're the best thing that ever happened to PC gaming and nothing else is remotely close.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Beyond discussion! What a mind-job.

Continued use only proves this is a way to make money. Probably the best available way. But to suggest that, so long as people are doing it, there cannot possibly be problems, is obvious crap.

Especially when you add "and more." Oh: so this isn't the exact right amount, as decreed by mighty god himself? We can talk about the middleman's cut, so long as the rent goes up?