Re:Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now S...
by throw10920 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @12:06AM
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How Steam started is utterly irrelevant.
The fact is that, right now, there are multiple digital storefronts that directly compete with Steam, including offering some of the exact same games, and you can create accounts, install, and use multiple stores simultaneously.
Yet consumers choose to use Steam even when the game is available on other storefronts.
This is the most "free market" mechanism possible, and it shows extremely clearly that Steam is the best option available.
I am extremely glad that your highly irrational desire to make one of the best platforms in existence (among a wasteland of highly abusive ones) go away will not be realized anytime soon.
The fact is that, right now, there are multiple digital storefronts that directly compete with Steam, including offering some of the exact same games, and you can create accounts, install, and use multiple stores simultaneously.
Yet consumers choose to use Steam even when the game is available on other storefronts.
This is the most "free market" mechanism possible, and it shows extremely clearly that Steam is the best option available.
I am extremely glad that your highly irrational desire to make one of the best platforms in existence (among a wasteland of highly abusive ones) go away will not be realized anytime soon.