Last year, they all came crawlin' back to Steam, and this year was another strong one for Valve.

From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin’ back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

  • hips_and_nips@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    6 months ago

    Why would they have to open source anything? Just because it’s running on Linux doesn’t mean it’s OSS or even F(L)OSS. Steam isn’t open source either.

    • Rose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      6 months ago

      Not to mention that open source software can and sometimes does contain spyware.

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        6 months ago

        Not to mention that open source software can and sometimes does contain spyware.

        That seems allot more like a one-off, a one time thing.

        Also, anyone can view the source code for the open source product.

      • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Nobody with two brain cells says foss can’t have spy/malware. What’s true is only that in important projects, it is very likely it will raise flags very soon. For example, see your link