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Re:Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devi... by jsjohnst on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @09:57PM (#26642737)
Valve is definitely getting some kind of money out of the deal.
Re:Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devi... by throwaway2048 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:05PM (#26642763)
They are not

"Steam keys are meant to be a convenient tool for game developers to sell their game on other stores and at retail. Steam keys are free and can be activated by customers on Steam to grant a license to a product."

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys

Re:Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devi... by jsjohnst on Monday April 05, 2021 @09:56AM (#26699012)
I didn’t mean to say they are getting a direct cut as sibling commenters indicated, but Valve definitely is getting at least some kind of money indirectly out of them offering this.
Re:Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devi... by throwaway53453 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @04:44AM (#26644886)
I'm a developer who uses Steamworks. Keys are free for us to generate and sell at will. Valve reserve the right to say no, but from what I can tell, their only policy is to not take the piss (selling millions of keys), and not to charge more to customers who buy directly from Steam.