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I'm starting to think these people think we use steam because we have to, and not because its a legitimately amazing games catalogue/storefront. It makes the "Steam is a monopoly" and "What happens when GabeN dies and Steam goes down the drain" comments make sense

I'm sorry bud, but Monopoly doesnt mean "Really large company" Steam has competition, it doesnt do anything to hamper competition, and its easy enough for new competition to arise. It is not a monopoly in any sense of the word. It is the top player as a digital videogame marketplace because it is leaps and bounds better than all of its competition. You dont like the risks of digital ownership? Understandable, GoG exists to fill that niche.

I too love how you can make shit up on the internet

1: Steam is NOT a monopoly, competition exists for it, its just that most of it is garbage, and the few that arent, GoG and Itch, Steam outcompetes

2: This is a problem of Steams competition being bad, not with Steam itself

I brought it up because until Steam did it NO digital game marketplace had refunds. Whether or not they got sued, Steam led the way

Well trashing steam wont fix that issue, thats an issue with all Steams competition being garbage

We go back to piracy. Easy enough

Edit: Wait. Do you guys think we use Steam because we HAVE to? GoG exists bros, we're using Steam because we prefer it. If Steam goes to shit we'll just stop using it

RIGHT! I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE

Fair point. I interact with their storefront more than I've played their games, so my brain jumps to the word Steam before it does Valve.

Everytime I see this meme it annoys me. Mac is FAR WORSE than Windows, and why Windows has gotten more shit overtime is in large part because they're trying to get a piece of Apples Pie

Only certain regions of Canada, the rest of Canada finds those who keep their sperm in a bag weird af too!

Its shit like this why I want to smack the "B-BUT STEAMS MONOPOLY" types who claim Steam does nothing with its 30%. Steam is one of the only companies out their in our late stage capitalist society that actually does things for its customer base without being forced to. We have digital refunds, completely remappable controllers, a linux operating system and portable computer that functions as a console when you dont want to use it as a computer, the only DRM in the world that doesnt actively suck, built in mod database/support, VR, official early access marketplace support (I know it has its issues), user game reviews with multiple sorting options, and thats everything I can currently think of. Steam is not only the only company I dont actively hate (Ok, I kind of like Costco too), vut I actually quite like Steam as a company.