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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Brainless take. Valve is making money hand over fist. Most game devs are not making money. Valve aren't creating any of the games, valve aren't taking any of the risk

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Do you think the payment processing, storage, content distribution, content delivery, social & communal aspects are free? Think for a second before writing your nonargument.

[–] CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

You're arguing against obtuseness. I think it's a close cousin of willful ignorance.

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

It is. You ascribe an argument to me that I wasn't making. It's a strawman.