So, tim sweeny, like every other billionaire, is a slimy creep who sucks.
But, (and this is related to my posts above,) you should remember that Tim isn't selling to you. Just like there are two main markets for developers, storefronts need to sell to two markets too.
On the one hand, they need to court developers to use their platform, by providing good financial deals, marketing, storefront curation, etc.
On the other hand, they need to sell to consumers, by providing useful featuresets, broad access, lock-in features to create loyalty, and alternate revenue streams like storefront giftcards and grifty marketplaces.
Tim sweeny is positioning himself as saving the industry from steam to sell to developers, not to you. Valve has the opposite focus.
yeah I never understood the consumer vs. dev perspective on this thing, as if they aren't in an intrinsically linked relationship. like I get that the "i want mines" mentality exists and the fear that the pc landscape will shift in a way where the consumer benefits that were standard before may not be standard in the future. but all I read about when I heard about devs is how awful the jobs are, how you should never enter the industry, how crunch culture permeates, and in general how underpaid they are because they should be working off of "passion". as a consumer you always have the final say in your purchasing choices; boycott epic, don't play games that are missing out on features essential to you, and support platforms that meet your needs, they will be there and obviously the demand is there, but devs never had a way to affect their own lifestyle like this before. this isn't a guilt trip, but surely ppl see how this situation is still incredibly shitty for devs involved, where they are finally offered compensation and a breath of air but have to get shit on every moment like they only exist to serve?
I think many that took the deal are hoping that the internet forgets (which they do tend to do), otherwise the loss of goodwill will end them in the future. what a shitty situation, to decide between being compensated and hated or not compensated, keep the good will until the internet forgets, and be done
epic selling some devils deal shit to devs, they really need to not ever tweet because they are leading devs by hand to a really really uncertain place