Goronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCourt rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuitwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up1668
arrow-up1668external-linkCourt rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuitwww.pcgamer.comGoronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square217fedilink
minus-squareshapis@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoI hope steam is broken up. Monopolies and DRM are never in the users favor.
minus-squarequams69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·10 months agoThey literally don’t know what a monopoly is, they just asked for Steam to be “broken up”
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·10 months agoNo one is stopping EA or Ubisoft from developing better launcher though. People use Steam because alternatives are garbage.
minus-squareSgtAStrawberry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoSomeone dose seem to stopp EA from doing it though, as they somehow managed to develop a worse launcher then their old one. But I really don’t think that someone was Steam.
minus-squareflamingarms@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoHow would they even break up Steam? Separate their software and hardware development from the store? Can’t imagine that making any real impact on their practices.
I hope steam is broken up. Monopolies and DRM are never in the users favor.
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They literally don’t know what a monopoly is, they just asked for Steam to be “broken up”
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No one is stopping EA or Ubisoft from developing better launcher though. People use Steam because alternatives are garbage.
Someone dose seem to stopp EA from doing it though, as they somehow managed to develop a worse launcher then their old one.
But I really don’t think that someone was Steam.
How would they even break up Steam? Separate their software and hardware development from the store? Can’t imagine that making any real impact on their practices.