Meta and Sony scrambling to monopolize it before the technology even got out of the womb certainly didn’t help.

A jpeg with a unique color pattern that makes tech CEOs have seizures when they look at it

Valve has shown pretty good stewardship over their position so far, but I can’t help roll my eyes every time someone proudly states that they’ll only buy a game if it’s on steam.

Sorry gamers, but not even your wholesome 100 Gaben steam sales are immune to enshittification. Sooner or later the company’s ownership will fall into new hands, and then you’ll wonder if tying your entire digital library to steam was maybe not the best idea in the world.

My heart goes out to the few engineers left who will now be babysitting contractors full-time.