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Also Steam keys and Proton. I heard they often don't charge for them. Valve has made Linux gaming into a real alternative to Windows. Much better than MacOS.

• LucidLynx 1y ago
  So, genuine question here: do companies have to pay full price in order to finance a technology that is used by 5% of their daily users? Of course this is a "devil advocate" question, but I would not consider Valve as "safer" than any other game / tech companies to be honest...
  • foxyv 1y ago
    You are not investing in Steam, you are paying them for something. Whether that is marketing, content distribution, or additional features. When you buy a car and don't use the seatbelt or turn signals, you are not paying for everyone else to have a seatbelt and turn signals. It just comes with the car.
  • csdreamer7 1y ago
    > So, genuine question here: do companies have to pay full price in order to finance a technology that is used by 5% of their daily users? As far as I know; Valve has cut the rate for larger companies. > Of course this is a "devil advocate" question, but I would not consider Valve as "safer" than any other game / tech companies to be honest... I do not know what the point of this comment is. We were not discussing if a company is 'safer'. As one US judge said when an Indie game company sued Valve and lost; the 30% rate is common among digital platforms. The point myself and the above poster made was that Valve does a lot more then most platforms that do charge 30%. Myself as a Linux enthusiast is very thankful for Valve for their work on Proton and Mesa.
    • inetknght 1y ago
      > As far as I know; Valve has cut the rate for larger companies. Oh yeah, because that's totally fair business practices
  • shkkmo 1y ago
    Proton is open source, so AFAIK, nobody had to pay to use it.