Looking at AusweisApp2, just works.

And, is there already a 1.0 release of the new App or is this still pre release?

Kant is pronounced more like cunt.

So, as a german, I see where you are coming from. Execution is fine, but only 6/10 because of butchering the name

So. Hosting shared files is the same as hosting a game you sell. And want the people to buy it and not just download, some kind of at least activation? Right?

Because p2p … How exactly does this apply to content distribution? Torrents are not always a reliable option…

GOG takes 30%, most publishers take 30 to 50%, apple app store takes 30%, as does Google.

Is this to high? Maybe, I don’t publish games. But at least it is not absurd in means of industry standards :(

Never said that. But what is better for the dev? Using those services or run their own?

And I am fine with Valve making absurd profits, after all, they have put at least 500.000.000 USD into open source (Around 100-200 external oss devs on payroll for projects like Mesa, SDL,…).

Will I leave steam and call valve out if they get toxic? Yes! Are they evil or the enemy right now? To the contrary.

My day job is designing complex IT platforms.

And the cost goes massive down with size.

So. If your game sells badly, you will most likely spend more. Oney in hosting and distribution then you would make profit.

For example, assume your game has around 50gb. You sell 100 copies of it. You can easily calculate 1-2$ per download.

Add your own personal on top of it, someone has to run that stuff, and licensing and more for statistics tooling and more.

Platforms like valve allow indie devs and small studios to avoid all those costs upfront.

“Not that much” depends on the view

What exactly is this the answer to?

Yes, they make a shit load of money. But assuming you want to distribute a game directly, how much of would that cost you, and let’s ignore the whole visibility shit for a second.

Hearing those arguments for how many years now? Right …

The day Gabe is bo longer there things may get ugly, may.

But, Valve is not publicly traded, or has to cater to shareholders in any way. That is the reason they are still who they are.

Do You have any idea what the hosting infrastructure, steam works, and traffic costs?

Also, valve is giving massive contributions to open source from those 30%

Are you the world now?

Ah, yes, it is me at fault. Not the one that gets down voted to oblivion, everybody else is just to stupid to understand you! That must be it!

https://www.nokings.org/whats-next

Yes it is. People not participating need to be motivated to participate next time. They need to see how many people there are and that his is not a revolution (yet) but peaceful demonstrations

Dude, Cosplay? This picture is gold. The police arresting the statue of LIBERTY?

As a german antifaschist, there is nothing wrong with wearing costumes to a demonstration. Our German police surely does not think so (Vermmummungsverbot, isn’t thid a nice German word?).

The goal of demonstrations is raising awareness and showing unity and strength. That requires powerful images for the public.

And maybe, if you are not a German, look up Rosenmontag and what happens here.

For a second I thought Deichkind dropped a new Video