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Responsible Adult say no to Store Exclusive. (files.catbox.moe)
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[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You forgot patreon. Steam censors the library in places (hello German government & fuck you hard with a rusty rebar). But even outside censorship, patreon game developers usually do not lock in their games into rootkit-protected anticheat/copy protection/whatever bullshit.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not censored but mandated by a government body so they literally have no other option other than doing that.
If the dev is too lazy to fill out a questionnaire for self-categorizing the age rating why is Valve responsible for that?

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not censored but mandated by a government body

What exactly do you think censorship is?

[-] wolfshadowheart@leminal.space 3 points 2 weeks ago

The point is that you can't legally own it in your country, Steam unrelated.

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
  1. I was cursing at the German government, not steam
  2. I am not talking about the age categorization, I am talking about having to implement a customer age verification which they won't do for the German market, and again, while this would be easy, I don't necessarily blame steam for it. But that they do censor is unquestioned, and therefore more options are welcome, as long as those stores do not require a launcher, installer or otherwise intrusive software.
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