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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Only for companies as big as Epic.

For the overwhelming majority of developers: it's 30%. Keys sell, but who's buying?

Steam's primary functionality is its market share. They could do a lot less and nothing would change. They stay big because they are big.