• brachiosaurus@mander.xyzOP
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    8 hours ago

    That’s basically how art and media have always worked.

    No, that’s how advertising has always work.

    • geekwithsoul@piefed.social
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      4 hours ago

      There is always going to be more art produced than people want to buy - nothing Valve can do to change that. Hell, it doesn’t even require capitalism - a similar ratio was seen when most art was produced via patronage half a millennia ago. If anything, Steam with whatever faults it has, democratizes it more by making it easier to discover niche stuff with limited appeal.