Mwa@thelemmy.club to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoSteam competitors be like. [Extended?]thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up1974file-text
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minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoSteam is also free unless I’m missing something?
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoThey mean free as in freedom / free speech (libre), not free as in free beer / free robux (gratis) Linux is libre, Steam is not libre, both are gratis
minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoOh okay, thanks for clarifying.
minus-squareamos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoSteam is gratis to create an account, it is not free. All game purchases have a 30% tax, and you don’t own the games you purchased.
minus-squareNewsteinleo@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoIt’s more accurate to call it a commission for marketing, advertising, and distribution services. Steam isn’t doing nother, they are providing a service to their customers.
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Steam is also free unless I’m missing something?
They mean free as in freedom / free speech (libre), not free as in free beer / free robux (gratis)
Linux is libre, Steam is not libre, both are gratis
Oh okay, thanks for clarifying.
Steam is gratis to create an account, it is not free. All game purchases have a 30% tax, and you don’t own the games you purchased.
Thanks for clarifying
Not tax, it’s Steam’s cut.
It’s more accurate to call it a commission for marketing, advertising, and distribution services. Steam isn’t doing nother, they are providing a service to their customers.