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What happens when the leadership or ownership changes hands?
He's already said that he'd sink the company before he'd sell it. I believe him... it's not like he's not already rolling in money. What else do you offer him?
Edit: sink in this context being releasing all the drm.
The man's not gonna live forever, ownership changing is a matter of time, not raw money. And I dread that time.
Well trashing steam wont fix that issue, thats an issue with all Steams competition being garbage
The other part of the question remains however, what happens when leadership changes, even supposing no sale of the company?
We go back to piracy. Easy enough
Edit: Wait. Do you guys think we use Steam because we HAVE to? GoG exists bros, we're using Steam because we prefer it. If Steam goes to shit we'll just stop using it
Do you think many are aware of options like GOG? Every other time I've seen it mentioned/suggested, it's often accompanied by, "What's GOG?"
Uh yes I do. Itch and GoG are pretty well known, specifically because they are competent competitors to Steam