Because businesses need support. They need to be able to rely on others to quickly get everything back in order or they lose money.
And since Linux does not have any (except for RedHat), they would need to have that support in-house. Which is a lot more expensive and still does not give all the expertise that big companies like Microsoft have.
For consumers it is free, but for businesses it costs a lot more money than using corporate standard software.
Depends on the planet.
If you think fascist are an Earth-only thing, then I want you to meet my good friend “statistics”
In more secular societies, over the last couple of years, people are celebrating more at funerals. Which, IMO, is a better way to remember a dead loved one.
I’d rather they have fun once more on my account when I die than just sit around being sad.
You touched doctrinal explanation when you explained how religious people still grieve for a lost one when their entire religion is about how the afterlife is real.
It does not make sense if you think in the logic of the religion. But we are used to religions not being logical.
Nah, I tried it and never got any matches
Here he is:
Not allowing games to be sold at a lower price on other platforms. (Not steam keys)
30% of 45 Billion is 13.5 Billion.
Of which Valve made 8.6 Billion.
Which means only 4.9 Billion was made by every other PC platform combined. Including the standalone games like Fortnite and Minecraft.
Thank you for proving my point.
How does that boot taste?
Philantropic activities do not negate billionaires behaviour. You can’t get that rich without things like tax evasion.
You mean like those paid mods they were trying to introduce together with Bethesda?
Valve does not always win. Users are just more tolerant towards Valve than any other platform because of the cheap games they can buy during a sale. Nothing more.
Try releasing your game on a different platform. It might as well not exist.
And the fanboys that do know about your game will give you death threats for not releasing on their favourite platform.
30% of all their revenue throughout their entire lifespan.
Then you need to read better.
They are calling out the hypocrisy of those criticizing Apple but worshiping Valve using the same argument for both.
What do you think will happen when Gabe dies?
Other people will take his place. And you can be sure there are some greedy fucks pining for his role.
Companies do not have to indicate when they are going to enshitify. It can and has happened over night.
Steam has effective monopoly.
If a game is not released on Steam, it might as well not exist. There are only a handful of exceptions.
And games that do get death threats from Steam fans. Because how dare those developers not release on “the only worthy platform”? Remember the Epic games?
Monopolies are more than just “competition does not exist”.
Yes, it will give Power Over Ethernet to whatever PoE device you plug it into.
Pretty sure 4.20 bucks is less than 20 bucks
It will burst the same way the dotcom bubble bursted.
Just like the internet, AI will be here to stay.
Pretty sure it takes a whole lot longer than a year to build a rocket.
This is a Biden rocket if anything.