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Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by johnnyanmac »

gumballindie wrote: post #38
depr wrote: post #31

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Without taking away from the great things they are also doing, I'm mostly amazed at how bad and laggy the Steam app is, and has been for years, on all 3 platforms I've used it on. (I'm sure there are loads of people who have never had any issues but to me that's like people saying there are no problems with Linux on the desktop because they don't have any problems.)

It could be improved yes, but that’s an acceptable kind of issues. Steam’s important functionality works well and is reliable - package management for games. It doesnt spy on me, doesn't push crap, doesnt use dark patterns. We need more apps like steam tbh.

not acceptable when other stores did it. I guess that's my problem with the steam fanbase at times. Almost cult like how it upplayes the benefits and downplays the flaws.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by johnnyanmac »

mey wrote: post #60
randyrand wrote: post #30

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And they only take a 30% cut! Practically altruism.

What is an acceptable fee structure for the service they provide?

I'd prefer a la carte TBH. if you just need a place to host your game, having a mod workshop, item marketplace, multiplayer servers, input management, etc. doesn't matter to you, then why pay for it? People who want that can negotiate it. For a base store hosting, 10-15% is probably fair.

But to be real honest I think the pricing parity is what goes too far. You want to charge 30%? okay, I should have the ability to pass that to the customer. the game is $15 but if you go to Itch or GoG you can get it for $10. But that's against steam's TOS.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by johnnyanmac »

sph wrote: post #66
gumballindie wrote: post #39

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That’s messed up indeed.

They should do like everybody else, take 30% cut and NOT improve Linux.

no one else in the PC space charges 30%. GOG does but at least offers (or used to) an upfront payment in exchange for taking more share until it's paid back. Yeah, I think if they take that literal financial risk on my its worth giving them a larger share.

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Post by Kerbonut »

mdhen wrote: post #89
Kerbonut wrote: post #58

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> makebit I make this same mistake on iPhone all the time. Is it just me or does Apple need to step up their keyboard and autocorrect game?

so this was actually on an open source android keyboard (florisboard) which is made by one guy and does, in fact, have terrible auto correct. hilarious that it is in the same league as apple.

It’s probably better than Apple’s at this point. Apple’s has gotten so bad I disabled autocorrect. Seriously it doesn’t autocorrect Im to I’m, it leaves it as Im. Where is the QC?

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Post by iAMkenough »

Satam wrote: post #81
iAMkenough wrote: post #79

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This is a surface-level argument that could be applied to literally every industry if you trivialize the product produced. For example: NASA spends billions on research and development just to be able to push a rocket upwards into space? How much of that will be cut out when we just go straight to AI-generated plans and schematics? It only makes “a lot of sense” if you’re willing to compromise your standards and elim…

I thought about this as well but I think research activities and such might be qualitatively different, at least for now. Movies are merely looking to please our senses, on the other hand, researchers look for truths and facts about the world. It's okay to have movie visuals not based on reality, but it's usually not okay to have non-factual research. Also, no one is going to force actors and movie studios to go full…

I agree. If AI can reduce labor costs at NASA, I'm pretty sure the old ways will get outcompeted.
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