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All of these points seem to exist for the iOS App Store (apart from the Steam sales, but there are other advantages as well). I think the takeaway is that on W

All of these points seem to exist for the iOS App Store (apart from the Steam sales, but there are other advantages as well). I think the takeaway is that on Windows there is a choice, and people (users and developers) actively choose Steam, whereas on iOS there just is not that choice. The market cannot exercise a preference.

remus 5y ago
For me the big difference is that using steam is a choice whereas using the app store is required. Developers use steam largely because they want to, not because they have to.