▲ 445 ▼ Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system" (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 100 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (4 children) Steam Workshop is more of a player-level storefront. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nightlily@leminal.space 8 points 4 months ago (3 children) It’s a closed system that doesn’t allow owners on other platforms to access the mods (Valve actively shuts down anyone attempting to make it possible). Many mods are only uploaded to Workshop. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) I dunno did you search for it ? https://github.com/imwaitingnow/WorkshopDL permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nightlily@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) That workarounds exist doesn’t change the fact that Valve shuts them down when it can (as noted by that repo). It doesn’t change that Valve claiming to not want to create closed ecosystems rings extremely hollow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 point 4 months ago I see capitalism and a corpo is part of it so nothing surprising. Look like they have to pay for opensource if they judge that they have to get the opinion back. I use nexus, I never felt missing a steam mod. (I wasn't aware of steamcmd though, that a good discovery) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nightlily@leminal.space 8 points 4 months ago (3 children) It’s a closed system that doesn’t allow owners on other platforms to access the mods (Valve actively shuts down anyone attempting to make it possible). Many mods are only uploaded to Workshop. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) I dunno did you search for it ? https://github.com/imwaitingnow/WorkshopDL permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nightlily@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) That workarounds exist doesn’t change the fact that Valve shuts them down when it can (as noted by that repo). It doesn’t change that Valve claiming to not want to create closed ecosystems rings extremely hollow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 point 4 months ago I see capitalism and a corpo is part of it so nothing surprising. Look like they have to pay for opensource if they judge that they have to get the opinion back. I use nexus, I never felt missing a steam mod. (I wasn't aware of steamcmd though, that a good discovery) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) I dunno did you search for it ? https://github.com/imwaitingnow/WorkshopDL permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nightlily@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) That workarounds exist doesn’t change the fact that Valve shuts them down when it can (as noted by that repo). It doesn’t change that Valve claiming to not want to create closed ecosystems rings extremely hollow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 point 4 months ago I see capitalism and a corpo is part of it so nothing surprising. Look like they have to pay for opensource if they judge that they have to get the opinion back. I use nexus, I never felt missing a steam mod. (I wasn't aware of steamcmd though, that a good discovery) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nightlily@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) That workarounds exist doesn’t change the fact that Valve shuts them down when it can (as noted by that repo). It doesn’t change that Valve claiming to not want to create closed ecosystems rings extremely hollow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 point 4 months ago I see capitalism and a corpo is part of it so nothing surprising. Look like they have to pay for opensource if they judge that they have to get the opinion back. I use nexus, I never felt missing a steam mod. (I wasn't aware of steamcmd though, that a good discovery) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 point 4 months ago I see capitalism and a corpo is part of it so nothing surprising. Look like they have to pay for opensource if they judge that they have to get the opinion back. I use nexus, I never felt missing a steam mod. (I wasn't aware of steamcmd though, that a good discovery) permalink fedilink source parent