Lol, in 2022 steam had profit margin of 70%. That makes it the most profitable company per employee in the United States, check it out. But obviously, they’re not in it for the money, they just want players like you to be happy.

they also provide both proton completely for free

Yeah,I mean Proton is basically Wine - A free and open-source project developed by hundred of people over the years - with some extra patches. It’s great, but the only reason they did it is to sell steam decks.

Steam does certain things really well, but in the end it’s just a capitalist business. I don’t get why gamers can be that bitchy about studios, that employ thousands of devs and artists, people who just wants to make good games but needs to deal with executives, but will rip their shirt a soon as someone criticize steam. They do no care about you, your experience, or even video games, they only care about money.

You mean like Epic who takes 12%? Or Itch that let you chose your contribution? Or Humble that takes 25% but give half of that to charity?
BTW steam is not a publisher…

The infrastructure argument is just BS in 2025. Just admit you’re an official gamer, meaning you will do anything to protect a soulless capitalist business that make millions everyday but employ like 83 people. Ubisoft bad, Steam good, I know lol.

Looks like we have a noob that wouldn’t survive 10 minutes in a kitchen lobby. Everyone knows that cooking with steam preserves nutrients, enhances flavor, and retains the natural texture of food.

Got me.

Tidal is still the better streaming service, if you really need one, but it’s starting to suck… Bandcamp is the best of option to support artist.

A lot of albums on Bandcamp are “pay what you want”. I just got 12 albums last friday (Bandcamp friday, all the money goes to artists) for around 15$. It’s not much but it’s way more then they would get from my streams on Tidal. I do this pretty much every month, and I have hundreds of albums. There’s ton of way to support musicians, even with a few bucks.

If your in for a wild ride, you can post something like “Steam sucks”, or ask anything about “Hexbear”. If you just want positive attention, go with “What’s the best distro for…?”

It’s crazy how it’s absolutely impossible to criticize steam without getting bashed to oblivion by so-called gamers. The amount of free balls sucking Steam gets is just ridiculous. They have sub 100 employees , take 30% of every god damn games sold on the platform and you don’t own you games. Yeah it’s a cool platform, but in the end it’s just another nasty capitalist business.

what a whiny bitch you are lol

liar

Oh, I’m also First Nation from my mom’s side. Go ahead, treat yourself with some casual racism only you americans have the secret of!

Found the guy who didn’t vote lol. Keep being a little bitch, meanwhile we’ll keep fighting for you, loser. https://stacker.com/stories/business-economy/major-boycotts-changed-history

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Fuck all of them. When you associate with a fascist, you become a fascist, and when you defend someone who associates with a fascist, you also become one. Gretzky was good a playing a kid game, doesn’t mean he’s not a total asshole, fuck him.

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Just avoid everything GAFAM. They were already capitalist bitches, now they’re fascist capitalist bitches.

Boom the bourgeoisie

Conservative are terrified of everything.

I’m not doxing, you’re doxing.