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  • Waterfox will include Brave’s adblock engine, & allow search ads on by default for revenue

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  • For a browser that includes it opt-in, there's no supporting of Brave if it's kept disabled. Then if there's no wide adoption, Mozilla may remove the code altogether. Alternatively, it may choose not to pull commits from the original repo, making it completely independent from the project run by a bigot. We'll see.

  • Waterfox will include Brave’s adblock engine, & allow search ads on by default for revenue

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  • Seems to be a hidden opt-in option at this time. Mozilla is not a role model for great behavior anyway, given their defending of Google in court driven by their partnership deal.

  • West Hollywood Gay Couple Targeted by MAGA Influencer While Holding a Baby Receive Massive Community Support

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  • Being a Kirk wannabe comes with a caveat.

  • The Tuapse oil refinery continues to burn unabated, with local residents reporting "oil rain".

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  • The road condition says it all about Russia's priorities as well.

  • Steam is truly pro-consumer...

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  • On GCJ, where my posts always did well, everything is assumed to be written from the perspective of a Gamer, sarcastic and sometimes exaggerated by default, and if someone wants to be serious, they type /uj before their comment. Criticism is often implicit in posts on reddit's GCJ, such as this one. However, based on my own history here on Lemmy's GCJ and some basic observations, it's the serious posts that do best here, while the sarcastic ones do much worse. I try to break the mold, but it's not working so far.

    Edit: This comment made the same observation about my previous sarcastic post on Lemmy's GCJ. The post that did well for me here was one that could be taken either way.

  • Steam is truly pro-consumer...

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  • It's unfortunate everything has to be broken down in this community on Lemmy, while it wouldn't be on reddit back when I posted to the original GCJ. I guess it's that the audience of the community itself is not big enough to overpower the confused people coming from All.

    1. In PC gaming, one of the biggest circlejerks is around Steam. As such, it's been reasonably mocked throughout the GCJ sub and called out via its wiki.
    2. Steam has the power to remove tags, as they did with Dustborn after weeks of coordinated misuse in the same manner, but their continued refusal to do even the most basic moderation is well-documented (e.g here and here).
    3. Pedos are definitely all over this game, complaining about the girl's clothing being censored, tagging in this manner, and using the crying emoji to dog whistle.

  • Steam is truly pro-consumer...

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  • gamingcirclejerk @lemmy.world
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Steam is truly pro-consumer...

  • Hexbear has been temporarily defederated - UPDATED now federated

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  • Hexbear embodying the banner of its Slop community:

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • As I said, we don't know the terms of their publishing contract, if any, so that would be a baseless assumption to make. I could also flip your argument and say they might not even want to sell on Steam, but feel forced to because of its monopoly power. It's one of the points of the class action lawsuit.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • I'm glad we at least have moved on from people outright denying Valve does this to defending Valve doing this.

    Why did the dev have to increase the price elsewhere to “match the price”, instead of matching the price to $7 on Steam?

    You'd have to ask the dev, but obviously Valve takes 30%, while the dev would get 100% on its own store. If there's a publisher involved, and publisher contracts often cover specific platforms, the dev would get much less than 70% on Steam.

    Comparing Steam to traditional stores is incorrect. Even Valve's own argument in the same Wolfire case was that monopoly power requires a market share of 75%, which Steam exceeds.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • There would be more if more people used GOG, but even so, I'm not sure I agree with your premise, because what do most people do when they want a game that's on Steam and on GOG and even has achievements on both?

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • How explicit does Valve need to be for you to agree that they make the point clear? In one quote further in this thread, they say "we’d just choose to stop selling [the game]", in another, on p. 161, they say "we'll be ready to release [once you match the price]", prompting the dev to raise the price from $7 to $14 elsewhere. It's highly anticompetitive because it prevents other platforms from competing on price. Great discounts are instrumental as well, as noted by OP's very article.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • Their tactics including not only threats to delist but also threats to reduce visibility does not make it any better. If those numerous examples aren't crystal clear about the former, here's another quote from Valve (page 18 here):

    “We basically see any selling of the game on PC, Steam key or not, as a part of the same shared PC market—so even if you weren’t using Steam keys, we’d just choose to stop selling a game if it was always running discounts of 75% off on one store but 50% off on ours . . . .”

    When you say "undercutting the sale", I don't know what you mean. They are talking about developers setting lower prices outside Steam, which Valve obviously sees as a disadvantage to Steam. Your DLC example also does not make sense and I don't see that on the list. For a few of the quotes on the list, the type of parity is marked as content, but the overwhelming majority are related to price parity.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • Did you look at the page I pointed to? It's done irrespective of Steam key use. Look at the "Type of Product" column.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • Funny because they absolutely use those tactics even to this day. Among other things, they go around and tell developers not to set lower prices or discounts elsewhere if they want to be on Steam (see page 160 here).

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • GOG's market share being around 1% compared to Steam's 80% only proves the point that no amount of great features or love by gamers is enough to challenge the monopoly.

  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    There is an index of publishers on Epic

    store.epicgames.com /en-US/publisher-index

  • The view in Tuapse.

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  • The view in Tuapse.

  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Star Trek: Resurgence already off Steam but still available to buy on Epic right now

    store.epicgames.com /en-US/p/star-trek-resurgence
  • Fortnite @sh.itjust.works
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Laufey’s Distinct Sound Headlines Fortnite Festival Season 14

    www.fortnite.com /news/laufeys-distinct-sound-headlines-fortnite-festival-season-14

  • Epic Games Pins ‘Fortnite’ Comeback on Disney Partnership

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    Epic Games Pins ‘Fortnite’ Comeback on Disney Partnership

    www.bloomberg.com /news/articles/2026-04-10/epic-games-pins-fortnite-comeback-on-disney-partnership
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Prop Sumo and Dumb Ways to Draw for mobile are free to claim on Epic this week

    store.epicgames.com /en-US/free-games
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    Zelensky denounces the UNSC for not launching a military operation against Iran

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  • It's not like Ukraine would get any help from Iran and its allies even if Zelenskyy fully sided with them though. On the other hand, pandering to the US may have benefits when dealing with someone as narcissistic as Trump. There's a reason Zelenskyy congratulated him on the election even before the votes were counted, same as how he keeps talking to Trump even after that White House humiliation and many other Trump gestures and decisions favorable to Russia.

  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    "Fortnite's cultural moment is starting to fade," games analyst says amid mass layoffs, and its downturn is part of the "erosion of American leadership" in video games

    www.gamesradar.com /games/fortnite/fortnites-cultural-moment-is-starting-to-fade-games-analyst-says-amid-mass-layoffs-and-its-downturn-is-part-of-the-erosion-of-american-leadership-in-video-games/
  • Fortnite @sh.itjust.works
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    "Fortnite's cultural moment is starting to fade," games analyst says amid mass layoffs, and its downturn is part of the "erosion of American leadership" in video games

    www.gamesradar.com /games/fortnite/fortnites-cultural-moment-is-starting-to-fade-games-analyst-says-amid-mass-layoffs-and-its-downturn-is-part-of-the-erosion-of-american-leadership-in-video-games/
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    TOMAK: Save the Earth Regeneration, Clone Drone in the Danger Zone, Dumb Ways to Die 2 for mobile are free to claim on Epic this week

    store.epicgames.com /en-US/free-games
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Disney Reportedly Keen on Buying Fortnite Developer Epic Games, But Waiting for Right Moment

    www.ign.com /articles/disney-reportedly-keen-on-buying-fortnite-developer-epic-games-but-waiting-for-right-moment
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Epic Lays Off An Employee With Terminal Brain Cancer Who Can’t Get Life Insurance Now

    kotaku.com /epic-games-layoffs-fortnite-brain-cancer-2000682941
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    "Rocket League is still a priority" despite Psyonix layoffs

    www.pcgamesn.com /rocket-league/layoffs-2026
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Epic Games Committed to Disney-Fortnite Partnership Despite Layoffs, Cost Cuts

    www.thewrap.com /industry-news/business/epic-games-disney-fortnite-universe-project-layoffs-cost-cuts/
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    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Havendock, Hyper Echelon, The Wreck for mobile are free to claim on Epic this week

    store.epicgames.com /en-US/free-games
  • Fortnite @sh.itjust.works
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Fortnite producer says Epic's mass layoffs will impact the game in ways the remaining teams "cannot even fully understand"

    www.rockpapershotgun.com /fortnite-producer-epic-layoffs-impact-cannot-be-understood
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Fortnite producer says Epic's mass layoffs will impact the game in ways the remaining teams "cannot even fully understand"

    www.rockpapershotgun.com /fortnite-producer-epic-layoffs-impact-cannot-be-understood
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Every Game on EGS That Comes With A Fortnite Skin Or Accessory

    www.gamespot.com /articles/every-game-you-can-buy-that-comes-with-a-fortnite-skin-or-accessories/1100-6538488/
  • Epic Games @lemmy.zip
    Rose @lemmy.zip

    Following Epic's mass layoffs, a bunch of Fortnite modes are going offline and arcade racer Horizon Chase Turbo's downloads will be pulled

    www.rockpapershotgun.com /fortnite-modes-shut-down-epic-layoffs-horizon-chase-turbo-downloads-pulled