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The timing of yesterdays hn post and this announcement...hhmmmmm. almost as if it was coordinated.

Hmmmmmmm

Edit - i love the silent dv brigade for making an observation and starti ng dialogue.

Dont go changing onme hn!!!

They let Valve know in advance I’m sure, it’s a small industry and the polite thing to do with friends.

Absolutely, especially since they already work together. I don't think there is anything wrong with this, but it made me think, when does it cross the line into collusion or price fixing?

When the prices are the same :) But I don't think they told them the prices, just that they were going to announce a store.

Other articles on hn mention correctly that right now in technology monopolies are the norm and anti-trust is dead (maybe a little dramatization there).

The 30% cut from distribution platforms is arbitrary, not based on cost, but rather implicit collusion based on what apple can extract from their flock.

I'd say this Epic launcher is a great exception to this and I hope it sticks.

What HN post yesterday?

Greyaliengames posted a blog about the steam marketplace algo killing sales

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