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In the latest unredacted document oopsie stemming from the US Federal Trade Commission's efforts to stop Microsoft acqu…

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow, you're doing advertising for them too huh?

But yeah no, I just don't buy any of it to begin with and let the points rot. No interest in getting locked into a system that they'll eventually try to raise the prices on once they muscle out their competitors.

I'm amazed you said these are the best deals you've seen in 30 years. Cause you certainly don't seem to be in my age group. Though maybe you're using the emote spamming to look younger than you are, who knows.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Locked into what? More than you are locked into steam? You just make crap up 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Come back to me when I start having to pay a fee so that valve doesn't pull my games.

Also is 🤣 your copium when you need to make an argument look worse in your eyes? It really just looks like an awkward tic at this point.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

I'll happily rent most games for absurdly cheap and purchase the few I might play more than once. You can spend significantly more creating a dusty catalog. There is plenty of room for competition 😉