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minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agogambling (both lootboxes and the skin site kind), big fees
minus-squareSoftTeeth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoHow would steam crack down on gambling sites they don’t own and trades they don’t know are linked to those sites?
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThey could easily block the APIs the gambling sites are using to operate, but they’ve just sent some cease and desist letters to a few instead and have continued to take their cut of all trades.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIndustry standard fees, actually. Epic is the outlier, and only because they want to seem like the good guy. If they had market dominance, they’d charge just as much, if not more.
gambling (both lootboxes and the skin site kind), big fees
How would steam crack down on gambling sites they don’t own and trades they don’t know are linked to those sites?
They could easily block the APIs the gambling sites are using to operate, but they’ve just sent some cease and desist letters to a few instead and have continued to take their cut of all trades.
Industry standard fees, actually.
Epic is the outlier, and only because they want to seem like the good guy. If they had market dominance, they’d charge just as much, if not more.