sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoThere’s already monopoly lawsuits going on right now. Subsidizing the Steam Machine could easily be used against them in those cases as evidence of monopolistic behavior
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoGod forbid the one decent company succeed These lawsuits are an excuse to force Valve to enshittify. Because being decent to your consumers is unfair competition now
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoWould you be of the same opinion with Amazon doing it? Or Microsoft?
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoNo, because Amazon and Microslop got to where they are by fucking everyone else over
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoI mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoValve’s backing Linux to bring it to desktop users, particularly for gaming. That’s a big threat to Sony, Microslop, and Nintendo’s ecosystems
There’s already monopoly lawsuits going on right now. Subsidizing the Steam Machine could easily be used against them in those cases as evidence of monopolistic behavior
God forbid the one decent company succeed
These lawsuits are an excuse to force Valve to enshittify. Because being decent to your consumers is unfair competition now
Would you be of the same opinion with Amazon doing it? Or Microsoft?
No, because Amazon and Microslop got to where they are by fucking everyone else over
I mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.
Valve’s backing Linux to bring it to desktop users, particularly for gaming. That’s a big threat to Sony, Microslop, and Nintendo’s ecosystems