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Yeah no. Not discussing with stans. Monopolies are bad. That is irrefutable, scientific fact. They erode the markets they are in.

Its so interesting how averse all of lemmy (and reddit before) reacts when someone dares to challenge their dopamine fix.

Monopolies = bad

No two ways about it.

Although I agree that steam has done a lot for indies, the issue remains, no matter how many stans downvote me.

The monopolist in this case sells the games to the gamers. It is steam. You have practically no chance to sell games outside of steam and although there is good reason for it being popular, its not healthy.

Disclaimer: this is my opinion as an IT worker and dev, not fact. Please be constructive.

I feel with the folks losing their jobs or seeing their indie studio crash and burn.

That said, I feel like they’re starting to pay the price for letting a monopoly dictate game sales (as benevolent and popular this monopolist is, I know I will again be brigaded for this).

As another commenter said, the industry still tries to go ahead with triple or even quadruple A games, push hype and sell to underage gamers practically gambling games with hero faces.

Then there arent enough unions to hold companies to a standard because in the IT world as a whole, people are used to their privilege. „Trust me bro“ is still seen as a valid strategy in this business.

All while customers get put on pink glasses to make them oblivious to the fact that IT work is just a craft, like carpentry, but less known. The amount of buzz words and bullshit in the industry is appalling and needs to go, double time.

A dev should be judged by their ability to develop, not play corporate mindgames or „speak the lingo“.