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This is a quote from valve about their new steam machine and vendor lock-in: "We think this can make sense for a single business in the short term but that open ecosystems are better for customers over the long term." "open ecosystems are better", do you think steam is an open ecosystem ?

23/6/26, 11:48 am0 reposts12 likes

Yuri

@yurisizov.bsky.social

23 June

Are they referring to Steam or to their view of SM as just another PC though? I've seen this said in response to a question about identifying SM as a console.

Tim Krief

@timkrief.com

23 June

Yes it's about hardware vendor lock-in

@yurisizov.bsky.social

23 June

That's exactly the question that I've seen, and it's not about vendor lock-in. It's about identifying SM as a console (which have vendor lock-in), which Valve does not, preferring to view it as a PC, which is an open ecosystem. I don't see them calling Steam an open ecosystem here.