> So, genuine question here: do companies have to pay full price in order to finance a technology that is used by 5% of their daily users?
As far as I know; Valve has cut the rate for larger companies.
> Of course this is a "devil advocate" question, but I would not consider Valve as "safer" than any other game / tech companies to be honest...
I do not know what the point of this comment is. We were not discussing if a company is 'safer'. As one US judge said when an Indie game company sued Valve and lost; the 30% rate is common among digital platforms. The point myself and the above poster made was that Valve does a lot more then most platforms that do charge 30%. Myself as a Linux enthusiast is very thankful for Valve for their work on Proton and Mesa.
As far as I know; Valve has cut the rate for larger companies.
> Of course this is a "devil advocate" question, but I would not consider Valve as "safer" than any other game / tech companies to be honest...
I do not know what the point of this comment is. We were not discussing if a company is 'safer'. As one US judge said when an Indie game company sued Valve and lost; the 30% rate is common among digital platforms. The point myself and the above poster made was that Valve does a lot more then most platforms that do charge 30%. Myself as a Linux enthusiast is very thankful for Valve for their work on Proton and Mesa.