From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin’ back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

  • Rose@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Not to mention that open source software can and sometimes does contain spyware.

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      10 months ago

      Not to mention that open source software can and sometimes does contain spyware.

      That seems allot more like a one-off, a one time thing.

      Also, anyone can view the source code for the open source product.

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      10 months ago

      Nobody with two brain cells says foss can’t have spy/malware. What’s true is only that in important projects, it is very likely it will raise flags very soon. For example, see your link