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Anon delivers a prophecy (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 23 hours ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 59 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

My guy.

They already profit on loot boxes

Child gambling

unfinished products

AI slop

Extortionate DLC programs

Pre orders

Season passes

How else has GabeN been funding his son's racing career. Those Aston Martins aren't cheap.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 16 hours ago

AI slop

I'd like to be clear what you're referring to, because I only know two things Valve is allowing in that regard

Games using GenAI are allowed on steam, but disclosure is required, which is a position I appreciate.
Steam hosts promotion events organized by third parties, where banners are displayed, a special page is available, and a lot of games go on sale - in those events (and AFAIK, none of Valve's own events) promotional art is displayed that is submitted by those third parties, and sometimes has blatant GenAI use

Is there something else I'm unaware of? Because otherwise I guess it's a matter of where you draw the line, because I'd still consider Steam the best platform available, and have to agree to disagree.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 29 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The point is that it could be worse, considerably worse. Yes, I know, the standards are low nowadays.

[–] TeaWithDani@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

As long as it stays private, it really doesn't matter. Enshitification comes from public stockholdership, venture capital or private equity trying to get insane returns on overpriced assets.

They make 30% of the gross sales on their platform... nobody prints money like Valve does.

For reference, stores refuse Amex because they take 1%-2% more than Visa/Mastercard on gross sales. Steam takes 30% and nobody gives a shit. lol