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Anon delivers a prophecy (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

As long as it stays private, it really doesn't matter. Enshitification comes from public stockholdership, venture capital or private equity trying to get insane returns on overpriced assets.

They make 30% of the gross sales on their platform... nobody prints money like Valve does.

For reference, stores refuse Amex because they take 1%-2% more than Visa/Mastercard on gross sales. Steam takes 30% and nobody gives a shit. lol

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Retail stores also take like 30% usually. People don't give a shit because it's not unusual and any option that takes less is worse in some way.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I agree with the fact that 30% is a lot, but the way you've written it suggests no one but Valve takes a 30% cut. 30% is pretty standard for game platforms. Steam, GOG, Apple's App Store, Google's Play Store, PlayStation's PSN, Microsoft's Xbox Store, and Nintendo's eShop all take 30%. The only reason why Epic Games takes less of a cut is because it's the only way they might entice games to get published on their platform.

    Steam is super problematic in so many ways, I just don't think their 30% cut is as big a deal as everyone thinks it is.

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