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Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let's take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.

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[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

steam will go to shit soon as we lose gaben

[–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Fingers crossed he passes the reigns to someone with the same vision.

[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Would that be coorporate suicide for steam?

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 0 points 16 hours ago

since when has that stoped anything

see Sears and Craftsman

[–] bent@feddit.dk 3 points 1 day ago

Yes, but some private equity schmuks will get a pay day so it's fine.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Probably. Reasonable storefronts are the only thing keeping the warez at bay.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Quite a bit of what they do gets into open source.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This. I've been developing my exit strategy for years and am reluctant to buy too many games on steam. It's going to hit most people like a freight train