When in reality, it’s just that their storefront sucks ass, always has, and for some bizarre reason STILL sucks.
Tbf, it’s not just that. It’s also the monopolistic practice of paid exclusives. Steam doesn’t act like a monopoly despite its market position. Meanwhile EGS under Tim absolutely does, and nothing they’ve done over the years makes me think they’d stop being monopolistic if they ever gain dominance in the market.
I’m torn on this. Because, on one hand, steam does do a pretty good job at not fucking over the customer.
But on the other hand, there are claims, some of them pretty valid, that steam does do anti competitive shit and, at least for now, currently encourages and heavily profits off children gambling.
I’ll stick with steam, like always, for now. But I really wish they’d work on cleaning up their act a bit.
Egs, however, can suck mud. They want to buy karma on the form of free games. But holy fuck that means nothing if your storefront is THAT bad. Plus, now is AI driven? No thanks. That’s a fucking dark turn that about makes me want to drop them permanently. At least steam flirts the line and always comes out positive to some degree.
Tbf, it’s not just that. It’s also the monopolistic practice of paid exclusives. Steam doesn’t act like a monopoly despite its market position. Meanwhile EGS under Tim absolutely does, and nothing they’ve done over the years makes me think they’d stop being monopolistic if they ever gain dominance in the market.
I’m torn on this. Because, on one hand, steam does do a pretty good job at not fucking over the customer.
But on the other hand, there are claims, some of them pretty valid, that steam does do anti competitive shit and, at least for now, currently encourages and heavily profits off children gambling.
I’ll stick with steam, like always, for now. But I really wish they’d work on cleaning up their act a bit.
Egs, however, can suck mud. They want to buy karma on the form of free games. But holy fuck that means nothing if your storefront is THAT bad. Plus, now is AI driven? No thanks. That’s a fucking dark turn that about makes me want to drop them permanently. At least steam flirts the line and always comes out positive to some degree.