sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square87fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarefavoredponcho@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down3·edit-23 days agoYeah…. Then you see they play this bullshit straight out of Jeffrey Bezos’ handbook: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Valve-reportedly-almost-delisted-Rainbow-Six-Siege-from-Steam-after-Ubisoft-attempted-to-sell-it-cheaper-on-Uplay.1312602.0.html
minus-squareHailSeitan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoYep, Valve is pulling the exact same “most favored nation” move that Lina Khan and Rob Bonta sued Amazon for, and it has the exact same anticompetitive effects, hurting suppliers and and raising prices for consumers economy-wide
Yeah….
Then you see they play this bullshit straight out of Jeffrey Bezos’ handbook:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Valve-reportedly-almost-delisted-Rainbow-Six-Siege-from-Steam-after-Ubisoft-attempted-to-sell-it-cheaper-on-Uplay.1312602.0.html
Yep, Valve is pulling the exact same “most favored nation” move that Lina Khan and Rob Bonta sued Amazon for, and it has the exact same anticompetitive effects, hurting suppliers and and raising prices for consumers economy-wide