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Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can never be replaced, former Epic dev says: "I don't think this is fixable" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

What would happen is if steam started to piss people off. Netflix did, and this is what happened.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    I think we have different opinions about what happened. The main problem with Netflix is all the rights holders pulled their content off of Netflix leaving it with mostly junk

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 child)

    They raised their rates and split dvd and streaming first. That was the opportunity that gave (Stars first I think?) a chance to split off, and then more followed.

    And then netflix keeps raising rates, blocking family sharing AND not having much to watch.

    Edit: and I just looked it up, they had already raised prices, but this one was about 60%.

    The LA Times lead line captures what I am saying: "Netflix Inc., America’s largest video subscription service, is hiking prices as much as 60% in a move that has sparked outrage among its customers but brought smiles to Hollywood studio executives."

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