Zorque @ Zorque @lemmy.world

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Yes, and if the kebab store pitched a fit every time someone provided a better product than them, calling that competition a monopolist, I'd have the same criticism of that kebab shop.

If they're just doing their best to provide a quality product... I wouldn't like that they have a monopoly, but if they're not in any way abusing it... that sounds like they've earned their place. The problem lies in the people not putting forth enough effort (despite have the resources to do so) to match.

... because now your weird obsession with blaming Steam for all things going wrong with gaming has less ground to stand on?

So the systemic reason of... providing a quality storefront? Are you demanding that they just make things shittier so that other people have a chance?

This has got to be the most twisted criticism of Steam I've ever heard...

... right, which is why I said they want a monopoly, not that they have a monopoly.

Are they providing an actual alternative, or just creating a pseudo alternative then bitching about how someone else gets more attention?

Sounds like that was Sega.

That was on the developers, not the storefront, though. Epic has specifically decided they don't give a flying fuck about Linux.

Steam is their scapegoat, they want a Monopoly without having to say they have a Monopoly.

If I could turn it off...

Apparently there's ads for upgrading your computer to be able to run W11. I haven't run into them myself.

It was mostly curmudgeonly humor, but really it does take less effort in general to make comments than it does to make posts. So it would make sense that it would see less of a dip when people are busy. It's easy to just jump on and make a few comments or participate in a discussion than to put the effort into making a post of some kind.

It really depends on the kind of person, though. I'd imagine some people find it easier to provide content than to comment on it or respond to others doing so.

Well, yeah. Posters actually put in effort. Commenters are lazy people who just shit out their terrible opinions.

If you're looking for purity, you're going to fail every time.

Different dictionary's word of the year, I think.

I've always seen most of Baron-Cohen's stuff as satire for people who hate subtlety and want to feel superior to others.

¿Porque no los dos?

Is there a c/communitiesashashbrowns?

Would the people who have to deal with hardware not be... where the hardware is? They seem to be sitting in random places.

Seems pretty obvious it's marketing, not reality, though.

Isn't Evan the guy who got the Anchor position over Bruce in the first movie?

Going to the store means going outside and dealing with people.