Mwa@thelemmy.club to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoSteam competitors be like. [Extended?]thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoSteam is also free unless I’m missing something?
minus-squareamos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSteam is gratis to create an account, it is not free. All game purchases have a 30% tax, and you don’t own the games you purchased.
minus-squareNewsteinleo@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s more accurate to call it a commission for marketing, advertising, and distribution services. Steam isn’t doing nother, they are providing a service to their customers.
minus-squareiuminou@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey mean free as in freedom / free speech (libre), not free as in free beer / free robux (gratis) Linux is libre, Steam is not libre, both are gratis
minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoOh okay, thanks for clarifying.
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Steam is also free unless I’m missing something?
Steam is gratis to create an account, it is not free. All game purchases have a 30% tax, and you don’t own the games you purchased.
Thanks for clarifying
Not tax, it’s Steam’s cut.
It’s more accurate to call it a commission for marketing, advertising, and distribution services. Steam isn’t doing nother, they are providing a service to their customers.
They mean free as in freedom / free speech (libre), not free as in free beer / free robux (gratis)
Linux is libre, Steam is not libre, both are gratis
Oh okay, thanks for clarifying.