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The company behind Fortnite is currently in a legal fight against Google over in-app fees

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[–] jaden@partizle.com 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is good, 30% cut is only possible because of monopolistic behavior.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would this be good, for that reason...?

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I could be wrong, but I believe Epic or Sweeney threw something like that around about Steam's pricing model. Or maybe it was just an Internet thing. Regardless, the idea floated was that the only reason Steam took such a cut was it's monopolistic powers. What I believe jaden is trying to say is that that line of reasoning is being shown to be bullshit and that Steam takes that much so it can be profitable.