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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by ric2b on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:10PM (#37613853)
They're a monopoly in the same way that Amazon is: they're not, there are plenty of popular alternatives and publishers aren't locked from selling wherever else they want.

They're just the biggest player and the 30% cut is worth it for all the additional sales.

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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by belltaco on Friday September 22, 2023 @02:20PM (#37615678)
>there are plenty of popular alternatives

Like what? GoG? And what else?

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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by xcdzvyn on Friday September 22, 2023 @02:35PM (#37615886)
Epic Games comes to mind. Or just buy the game from the developers.
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