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minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agogambling (both lootboxes and the skin site kind), big fees
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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.
minus-squareSoftTeeth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years 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-up3·2 years 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.
gambling (both lootboxes and the skin site kind), big fees
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.
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.