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HDThoreaun 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Oracle slashes 30k jobs

Valve takes 30% of revenue from developers because they have cornered the distribution market. Their margins on the steam store are probably second only to the apple store's, another heinously immoral product.

mirekrusin 5 months ago [–]

If everybody does it wrong and you know the right way - sounds like you’re sitting on a million dollar idea.

HDThoreaun 5 months ago | [–]

Consumers have no incentive to switch because they don’t care that devs are being taken advantage of, that’s what makes the scheme evil.

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