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"Valve is not your friend, and Steam is not healthy for gaming" https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/16/15622366/valve-gabe-newell-sales-origin-destructive
Interesting article. I'm still a huge fan of Valve and Steam, but it is accurate that they have a near-monopoly on PC gaming. That can cause problems.
@samurailink3 interesting article. What are other peoples opinion on this? Does what the author say have much evidence behind it?
@drh The general consensus is that Valve hasn't done anything too bad recently, but competition is good and monopolies are bad. I do wish Steam had viable competition (not owned by a publisher).