Re: The GOG/Amazon Link

On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:14:23 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 12/17/2024 9:36 AM, Xocyll wrote:
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I would not be surprised if Amazon or Netflix was funding this suit.

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Netflix?  I don't see how they'd fit, but I'm almost certain a large
company is.  Amazon, MS or Epic, which is what I was actually thinking
when this was mentioned.

Netflix is trying to push its way into the gaming market too. In fact,
they've recently been giving away a lot of free games (and no, I
/won't/ be announcing those here) in order to make their
game-streaming service more attractive to new users (getting people
onboard is always the hardest step, and freebies alleviate a lot of
the pain for newcomers).

Personally, if I had to point a finger, Epic is the most obvious
suspect, since they've been a long-standing critic of Valve, are a
direct competitor, and have been particularly litigious in this area
already. But they might be a bit TOO obvious, and really, /any/ of
Valve's competitors in the PC gaming market would benefit from getting
Steam knocked down a peg. Heck, it might even be GOG ;-)

The unfortunate reality is, whoever wins this lawsuit, it will be the
end-user who loses. Valve is probably the best company to have in a
position of dominance, but that doesn't mean they're that great
either.