I was gonna comment about epic giving games away for free, but I think I got your point. You mean like the same releases, but subsidizing, say, 10% of the price?
Assuming that a company could hope to achieve a store front with similar features in a few years instead of the 21 that steam had, why would anyone migrate there?
I'm on the same page as you, it's tough. I have no idea how any other platform can really achieve competitor status with steam, and this is a big problem for us consumers and for developers.
"LLM did something silly" must be the most boring type of concern bait out there.
For me it's about the customer service. I stayed in 30 airbnbs in 2 years and when I needed Airbnb, they fully sided with the host who was lying and faked chat screenshots, didn't bother to get any proof from my side and just penalised me.
On the other hand, with Booking, I always felt fully supported by customer service.
I'll only use airbnb if there's absolutely no other option. It's a liability, even more for longer stays.
When I was much younger this was an issue because I'd pursue people out of loneliness, not because they were actually a good match. After we'd be together for a few weeks, the loneliness would go away, and then I'd realise that I didn't like them to begin with. Awful to do that to other people, I know.
Worked on it through therapy and overcame this behaviour.
Oh no that's terrible. Which pharmacies are doing that so I know the ones to avoid?
It's not simple, and the fact that you are trying to make it sound simple is confusing at best.
Even if a very small percentage of teens has a phone, the social pressure for all to have it becomes unbearable.
Plus things like marketing phones to children and teens would also be banned if a law like that were to come into effect.
Fucking genius.
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What's the woman equivalent of a neckbeard?
A woman on 4chan with those requirements and can't keep a conversation going, has no sense of humour, doesn't have a car, lives with their parents, and doesn't speak a word when you go out with your friends.
I might be wrong, but this sounds like bullshit.
Can you imagine the conversion rate between "Paying for fake plays" -> Spotify royalty checks?
I agree that forced exclusivity is bad. I absolutely disagree with your statement that ubisoft store was better than steam, I don't even understand how you can say something like that. But yes, without the games any store is worthless.
You didn't respond to my question though, so I'll repeat it: even if someone was able to launch a product with feature parity to steam, why would anyone migrate?