sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1187
arrow-up1187external-linkValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoThere’s already monopoly lawsuits going on right now. Subsidizing the Steam Machine could easily be used against them in those cases as evidence of monopolistic behavior
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoGod forbid the one decent company succeed These lawsuits are an excuse to force Valve to enshittify. Because being decent to your consumers is unfair competition now
minus-squareKyle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoI think you found the explanation, I like this answer.
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 hours agoI mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.
There’s already monopoly lawsuits going on right now. Subsidizing the Steam Machine could easily be used against them in those cases as evidence of monopolistic behavior
God forbid the one decent company succeed
These lawsuits are an excuse to force Valve to enshittify. Because being decent to your consumers is unfair competition now
I think you found the explanation, I like this answer.
I mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.