sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squareEarthman_Jim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago“Locked in”? “Can’t”? Huh? Can’t people just use all of the stores if they want? Steam doesn’t lock you out of the xbox app, or the ubisoft store or whatever as far as I know.
minus-squarenous@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYou can choose to buy new things on other platforms. But you lose access to everything you bought on steam if you choose not to use them anymore. That is a form of locking to their platform. You cannot just move you library to another platform.
“Locked in”? “Can’t”?
Huh?
Can’t people just use all of the stores if they want? Steam doesn’t lock you out of the xbox app, or the ubisoft store or whatever as far as I know.
You can choose to buy new things on other platforms. But you lose access to everything you bought on steam if you choose not to use them anymore. That is a form of locking to their platform. You cannot just move you library to another platform.