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Steam Is Run By Fewer Than 80 Staff, Lawsuit Docs Reveal (insider-gaming.com)
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[โ€“] Zirconium@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And a lot of publishers already have their own launchers that dont need steam or use steam. Theyre just dogshit

[โ€“] fishos@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Exactly. It's hard to argue that Steam has a monopoly when the other launchers exist and suck. Steam, despite its flaws, is still the best storefront we have. Gabe is the person who taught us that piracy is largely a service problem, not a price problem. People will pay when the paid option is quality.