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Re:Developer account removed by Apple – $108,878 frozen by Sleaker on Thursday November 23, 2023 @01:34PM (#38395911)
Steam isn't a monopoly, it provides ease of catalog and access. smaller companies can still sell on their own website or any other number of storefronts. The gatekeeper here now is generating MS signed apps.
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Re:Developer account removed by Apple – $108,878 frozen by cesarb on Thursday November 23, 2023 @02:43PM (#38396682)
> The gatekeeper here now is generating MS signed apps.

And Valve saw that coming some time ago, and invested in making both Steam and the games sold through it run on Linux.

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