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Re:Humble Bundle sues Steam over alleged monopoly practices by yunohn on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:06AM (#27013566)
> you can’t both sell on steam and sell cheaper elsewhere as you would be undercutting their market

Wait, why not? That’s literally the point of a free market.

Steam (as the platform) should offer better terms to the game makers, and entice them to sell on their platform. Banning them from selling elsewhere, and forcing a 30% tax on top of it, is antithetical to both the creators’ and users’ needs.

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Re:Humble Bundle sues Steam over alleged monopoly practices by ChoGGi on Sunday May 02, 2021 @08:54AM (#27014874)
You can sell your game on other platforms for less, you just can't sell steam keys for less (steam will generate free keys for you to sell off platform).
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Re:Humble Bundle sues Steam over alleged monopoly practices by boublepop on Sunday May 02, 2021 @01:11PM (#27016885)
Steam isn’t a free market, neither is Walmart. They are private market places operated on a free market. And that market doesn’t become any less free by them having terms for the suppliers who want to use their market places to sell their products.
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