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Modder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I don't entirely disagree with all of this persons points, but then they praise EGS and M$ as somehow better? Valve has plenty of issues, but they are definitely a shining beacon of light in contrast to the void that is pretty much any other storefront (GOG being an exception that they also recognize). Like, I agree that their promises of contingency plans regarding Steam DRM seem like a lie at this point, but every other store (except GOG) does this and Valve has done plenty of good for PC gaming otherwise. Steaminput works fine for me and I love that SteamOS is a viable alternative to M$, and all the good stuff is free.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    He lost me at that part, too.

    Okay, Valve has a DRM API, their client doesn't support old operating systems, and they hook system APIs in dumb ways. The first and last points—sure, that I agree with. Not indefinitely supporting EOL operating systems, I don't, but whatever.

    But to then go on and recommend Epic Games Store and Microsoft Game Pass? Buddy, you're deranged.

    EGS is consumer hostile and a side project for a company whose main revenue comes from Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Steam is a side project-turned-cash-cow for a former game development studio and makes up 99% of their revenue. If either of these is going to be shuttered and end up as a waste of my hypothetical money with nothing to show for it, it ain't going to be Steam.

    And then Game Pass... If you're resigned to being a pessimist and accepting that you'll never own anything, fine. That's your choice. But to recommend it to others as a better alternative to Steam? Steam has its problems, but it's not vendor-locked to its own operating system or a recurring monthly subscription. And if a game gets delisted, you at least still get to keep it on Steam.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    After reading both the article and his GitHub post, he very clearly got butthurt about something personal and crashed the fuck out. I just think the AI writing for PCGamer just doesn't have the ability to identify common human behavior so they think it's actually news?

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