nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoValve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residencewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down120
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkValve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residencewww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareholgersson@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoIt says “digital economic landscape”, so not just games and microtransactions, but having a distribution platform vendor-lock you in, not actually owning pieces of media you purchased on that platform and in a broader sense even art as a commodity
It says “digital economic landscape”, so not just games and microtransactions, but having a distribution platform vendor-lock you in, not actually owning pieces of media you purchased on that platform and in a broader sense even art as a commodity