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[–] [email protected] 112 points 7 months ago (81 children)

What's the efficiency in taking 30% of almost all game sales on a platform? I know we all love valve, but the efficiency here is having a store that everyone has to use if they want to make sales at all.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (14 children)

Which is exactly what Apple does with their iTunes store.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Not exactly, apple forces their users to use their stores, whereas Valve just offers a better experience than the other stores out there.

There is nothing stopping you from using other stores to buy your games on, unlike the appstore.

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