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Its not, its absolutely not and if you think so, maybe unplug your router. Steam is most of the time the cheapest and most user friendly store you can find.
Und: Linux. Ende der Diskussion.
Wahr. Wobei ich.io auch Linux native Spiele anbietet (nur über die Webseite und ohne Proton compatability layer, also wirklich nur native Spiele)
More user friendly than itch and Game Jolt?
Way more
Yes.
How so?
First off, what does Game Jolt even have? Indie games are fun but if the roster is only indie games I'm not gonna find much to play with my friends.
IMO itch.io is not a steam competitor, they are an indie game and game asset hosting platform and seem to be aimed at developers more than players. The search function is alright. But downloading an exe is definitely less user friendly than having a GUI with a play button.
User friendly would be keeping store and library/launcher separate
Like Epic/GOG/Amazon and Heroic (though I would like another company to come along and add a forum/review module to it)
Unless you're going to tell me that Itch has a dynamic library filtering setting, family-sharing, the ability to have local machines on the network speed up my downloads, and the ability to dynamically remap controller profiles per-game, then yeah, steam is more user-friendly.