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Gabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy games (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] nous@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] kurcatovium@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago

But is there an alternative where I can take my games where I want? Sure, there is GOG, but if they decided to shut down their servers right now I'd be screwed the same. I don't have storage space to regularly back up installers just for sure... So technically it's possible but in reality it mostly isn't.