Hyperbole much? I like Steam as much as the next guy but lets not pretend the guy that owns 6 yachts is a good person just because he's better than the next worst. Steam DRMs the shit out of games sold on their platform and if you're an indie dev that wants to sell your game Steam is THE place to do it.

Steam made $10bn last year, they have about 100 employees (their parent company Valve has about 400). I used to be a bigger fan of GabeN but more recently really started considering him and looking into it and realized he's just another unethical billionaire. This video by Coffeezilla is a good jumping off point. regarding the intentional targeting of youth with addictive gambling mechanics in loot crates and circumventing gambling laws. It's all very purposeful and continues to this day.

[–] Gawdl3y@pawb.social 1 points 8 minutes ago

Steam's DRM is completely optional and is among the least intrusive DRMs available for developers to use. Many games are sold 100% DRM-free on Steam.

[–] julianvogels@lemm.ee 2 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeh plus they let neonazi groups usw their forums for recruiting and hate speech, because they don't want to pay any mods.

[–] enthusiasm_headquarters@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

While I wasn’t a mod for Steam proper, I was a mod for a popular game that routinely had its share of hate groups and 8ch mobs try to take over. The flagging system worked pretty well for keeping the worst of this stuff out. Plus, the publisher is permitted to make moderators for its own Steam forum. So if you are seeing shit get out of hand on a particular title, blame the publisher, not Steam.

[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 29 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

I sometimes feel an anxiety when pondering what will happen when daddy Gabe isn't here to keep the wolves at bay.

[–] Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 55 minutes ago

That's my fear too , whoever gets their hand on valve will decide the future of pc gaming kinda , I just hope it won't get sold to ea , riot , tencent or whatever

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

gabe is a very smart person, if he doesnt have a post death plan for steam i would be immensely surprised.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 2 hours ago

The fact he is doing research on BCIs, I like to imagine his plan is digitizing himself so he can live forever on the net.

[–] commander@lemmings.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Honestly, I've been weaning myself off Steam for awhile now. It's great what they did to make PC gaming more accessible, but I also feel like Steam itself is an unnecessary dependency for most video games.

There should be protocols that games can implement to integrate with launchers and organize playing online.

[–] MortUS@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I imagine, over time, when GoG gets enough support someone will build a solid localhost launcher that integrates with their downloaded files.

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