Mwa@thelemmy.club to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoSteam competitors be like. [Extended?]thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up1921arrow-down136file-text
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minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoSteam is also free unless I’m missing something?
minus-squareamos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-squareTheThunderWolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month 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-up2·1 month 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.
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.
Thanks for clarifying
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.