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As much I like the EU, politicians are politicians …
As much I like the EU, politicians are politicians …
I think the expression is “Caveat emptor”, though it translates to “let the buyer beware”.
What does MUSTIE stand for? You can’t just leave us hanging! 🤓
Who needs trust when you have a monopoly.
We had the teams update at work, with the endless notifications to let me know that a new version was coming, would I like to update early, on the 1st the update will be forced …
Hotel made beds, and setting the duvet and pillows square are 2 very different levels of being made, imho.
Haha after an all night session back when I was in high school I did the very same upon hearing a tractor in a field nearby.
Experts say the decision to experiment with xylazine, medetomidine or other chemicals in illicit street drug combinations likely reflect which substances are cheap, poorly regulated and readily available.
Money. I think there’s always new customers. But I do see your point.
I’m pretty sure courtroom sketch artists are members of the press.
Pi4 with Kodi installed supports HDMI-CEC (I can use my Samsung TV remote to control media player)
On a pier on a very windy they blew from my jacket and into the sea.
Lmao, USA has the highest health care cost per capita. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236541/per-capita-health-expenditure-by-country/
Share holders love it!
Great point, except you’ve completely failed to show how any of the alternatives are better.
Epic, GoG, Microsoft store, if Steam is so awful, then why don’t people use the competition?
There’s really no penalty to me as a consumer if I choose to buy on any platform, they all work on Windows, and to a lesser extent Steam OS. I’m not locked on hardware, there no subscription, the biggest challenge is keeping all 4 app stores updated to the latest version which costs me a little time and storage space…
Actually, dlc is a good example of being trapped in one ecosystem, but beyond that I can buy games from any publisher on any store without penalty.
Compare that to Apple and their restrictive app store, or other innovators that stop supporting hardware upgrades or disable servers removing key features (Unisoft…) Steam even goes further and provides users access to games that have been withdrawn from sale, compare that with Nintendo.
Like Apple’s vr headset? Or did you forget the first 2 Valve VR (HTC hardware) sets and associated software?
What about the Steam Deck, of course hand held consoles are nothing new, but what makes it special is the combination of the rather excellent trackpads and controller mapping that debuted in the Steam controller and with an OS (that uses wine) to bypass Windows and all it’s bloat - It must be quite popular as we’re now seeing a number of imitators!
Imho Steam is, by far, the gold standard for digital distributors.
So as a developer I could release my software on Steam directly (no publisher and associated costs) and have access to how many potential customers? Of course I could also release on my own website and host everything myself, or I could use the Epic Store, perhaps GOG.
How do you think Steam store restricts the industry? I can buy steam keys on alternative sites, is that possible in Epic or GOG?
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys
Steam Keys are a free service we provide to developers as a convenient tool to help you sell your game on other stores and at retail, or provide for free for beta testers or press/influencers.
As a customer the steam store experience, mod workshop, Steam deck and OS, Steam VR app (I use with my Quest 2) all work really well for me. Reviews seem pretty uncensored (at least I’ve not read about Valve doing anything underhand)
I’m very happy to say that the Steam android app could be better!
As a final point, I would like to see a viable alternative to Steam as competition is generally good for consumers!
Fair point, however everyone (just about) has either an android or apple phone. Not everyone plays computer games.
Upon leaving the EU any laws that were in use were ‘enshrined’ into UK law. In order for the UK to remove EU laws we’d need to actively remove them through an act of parliament. (At least that’s my vague understanding…) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eu-legislation-and-uk-law
I’m happy to keep the EU laws, it’ll save time when we rejoin.🇪🇺🇬🇧
Who decides what where money should be spent? Great that it benefits this school, but perhaps it could have been spread among multiple schools.
Gosh that was a quick year! Thanks 😁