I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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    2 days ago

    Negatively.

    In money for servers as well as time. And that’s for something with far less users than Steam.

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      That’s the point

      It’s done because you want to do it not to make money

      Maybe you have 10-20 forums installed into your client to cover the games you play

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        So when you said “break up Steam” you didn’t mean it in the usual, anti-monopoly sense where bits of a company are spun out into independent entities or sold off?

        You meant let everything be done by enthusiasts and have it kinda interoperable?

        I’m not against that, but I think there are bigger dragons of capitalism to slay first before we hope that splitting forums off of Steam doesn’t send them the way of the IMDB forums.