@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 1 month agoValve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residencewww.pcgamer.commessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1155
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minus-square@holgerssonlinkEnglish8•1 month agoIt says “digital economic landscape”, so not just games and microtransactions, but having a distribution platform vendor-lock you in, not actually owning pieces of media you purchased on that platform and in a broader sense even art as a commodity
It says “digital economic landscape”, so not just games and microtransactions, but having a distribution platform vendor-lock you in, not actually owning pieces of media you purchased on that platform and in a broader sense even art as a commodity