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[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't know if it's a clause but Gabe said it at one point. Is that legally binding though? It wouldn't surprise me one bit that whatever VC eventually buys steam and then runs it into the ground would have no problem changing the user agreement to whatever suited them....

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

I think I read in the steam agreement itself - I could be wrong, but I generally have a source tagged to my knowledge, and the knowledge is tagged as a direct quote from the document

And yes, if a VC buys out steam I'd be horrified, but it's structurally resistant to that. It's largely employee owned and heavily employee managed, their handbook helped me understand the concept of how employee owned businesses could be the answer to many of society's problems

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

It's not legally binding, since it isn't part of the user agreement you review when buying games on Steam.