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Monopolies! (media.piefed.social)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

We always get reminded why monopolies are bad. Enjoy it while they are good, that never lasts.

That said, the only monopoly abuse thing I know of is they disallowing lower prices elsewhere. That should be stopped, but it's pretty mild nowadays.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    You can sell your game for lower prices at other stores, but you can't sell steam keys of your game on other stores for a lower price.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    This is probably dumb to ask, but how does this relate to something like Humble Bundle? I know for things like Patreon for example, devs I supported needed to require a minimum total supported before giving keys.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I'm not entirely sure, but it does seem that steam gives exceptions for limited time sales off steam. From a quick search it also seems like humble bundle is an authorized seller of steam keys so they likely have some sort of agreement.

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