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Re:Steam Machine by marricks on Thursday November 13, 2025 @09:41AM (#45915421)
Because they're not owned by private equity/publicly traded. If that ever happens the "let's squeeze this for every dime it's worth" will happen.

That's really the saddest thing about capitalism, if everything around us wasn't getting enshittified in the exact same way at least the future would be more alluring.

Re:Steam Machine by ehnto on Friday November 14, 2025 @02:27AM (#45924694)
It is nice to see people bucking the trend getting rewarded, I see a bright future for an open ecosystem for gaming (even ignoring the Steam announcements).

DRM is the publishers choice, worth noting.