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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this is how we get companies like walmart and amazon.

they roll in, throwing bags of money into a bottomless pit as long as it takes to amass a large customer base and ruin existing competitors. Then they start enshittifying, and everyone wonders where all the competition went.

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

No, Steam are the monopoly now! The only other option is Good Old Games and for weird indie titles Itch.io.