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> Given a fair choice customers have opted for the alternative the vast majority of the time. As in, Steam versus... Buying and downloading directly from the p
by Razengan 7y ago
> Given a fair choice customers have opted for the alternative the vast majority of the time.
As in, Steam versus... Buying and downloading directly from the publishers' websites?
The Xbox and PlayStation stores? The Nintendo eShop?
- AnthonyMouse 7y agoThe stores of the console makers use the same anti-competitive platform lock-in as Apple and Google. Steam is the alternative where you get to choose where to install things from -- one of those places is Steam. Installing Steam doesn't prevent you from installing other software from the developer's website or the Linux package manager or Windows store or wherever you like.