Indie developer behind 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rated shipbuilder argues that Steam's "free advertising" is worth the 30% cut - eviltoast
  • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    What about GOG and its DRM-free games? What about Itch.io and its exceptionally low cut and pretty much completely open-door policy? There are other services that are good. Origin, UPlay, Epic, and other stuff sucking does not mean they’re all bad.

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      5 months ago

      GOG can suck my dick. They spammed my email with newsletters after I would repeatedly turn them off. We do need a DRM free alternative but for that I’ll stick with piracy

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        5 months ago

        As soon as you add a free game, the newsletters are sent again. There is no “subscribe to get the game for free” which AFAIK is mandatory in the EU, they just resubscribe you silently.

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        Some sites just don’t give a damn about the “unsubscribe” link. Some don’t even include it in the first place.

        All of the above get reported as spam and gmail will happily send them to trash ever after.