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Ike

Ike
@ike@pkm.social

· Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 08:52:27

@jakob @neil

Yeah Ive been thinking about Steam a bit lately and its eventual enshittification. GOG seems like its the way to go, but by its namesake, the games sold there are "old" and will never see releases feom certain publishers there.

For now, Steam is ok, but per the post, its "indeterminate duration" for how long before it enshitifies itself.

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Krzesław

Krzesław
@krzeslaw@universeodon.com

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 10:14:47

@ike @jakob @neil Valve is an exception in the tech company world in that that it is not a publicly traded company, but a private-owned one - thus it is not required to make profit and bend over to appease stockholders.
Not sure how naive I am but I want to believe that the enshittification will not happen at least as long as gaben's in charge

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Chewie

Chewie
@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 17:13:22

@ike GOG isn't just old games, there are new indie ones on there too:
gog.com/en/games?tags=indie&re

But yes, there are some games I bet you will never see on there, sadly.

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econads

econads
@econads@mendeddrum.org

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 18:29:50

@ike
It started out like that, as reimplemented classic games but it's moved on. We run both.

@jakob @neil

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