UT is such a beautiful state. I miss autumn in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The Day’s Fork hike has some of the most beautiful colours I have ever seen.

Worth it though to have working nuclear and help stop global warming. I personally don’t mind paying more to get more nuclear plants up and running.

Exactly, and I have written about how much I love GOG and Itch and why I hope they take more market share away from Steam.

There is no benefit, I never claimed the launcher within a launcher was a benefit.

The problem is the cancer that is Steam itself. We need more competing storefronts which don’t require the Steam launcher, and even better if there’s no launcher of any kind at all, just a binary to run to play the game.

Yeah, and GoG is fantastic and I’m so glad it exists. We need more DRM-free storefronts without launchers for sure.

It’s not just a launcher, it’s a storefront. Uplay, EA-whatever, and Rockstar Launcher are all storefronts where you can buy the games those companies make.

The launcher itself is a UI which lets you “launch” the game. Steam for example, is a launcher and a storefront, as is Uplay.

Having all your games in a single launcher/storefront is bad, as it gives a single company entire control over your games, and monopoly pricing.

Also remember that Steam takes a 30% cut, which is totally unnecessary, and is what directly caused giants like Ubisoft and Rockstar to make their own storefronts. Because why pay a 30% tax just for selling your game, this ain’t the 1990s anymore with CD-ROM pressings.

Fuck Steam and it’s monopolistic, 30% rent seeking bollocks.

Yeah, but why should Steam be the only game in town? That’s a very dangerous monopoly.

Myth the Fallen Lords!