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November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
One of my all time fave pieces. Something about it!
February 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
would cause the price of TVs to increase *year over year* unless the sales tax were also increased year over year…
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I don’t see the relevance.

That’s a chart of prices over time.

Televisions have gotten cheaper, but I don’t think anyone is disputing that the sales tax you have to pay when purchasing one makes them more expensive. And yet nobody who accepts that sales taxes raise TV prices would think that they
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Correct. The agreement doesn’t mention that requirement.

If you lower prices off-Steam afterwards, Valve will contact you (usually over the phone instead of in-writing) and let you know that you will be removed from Steam unless you offer the same price.
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
1) It is explicitly not part of the agreement. Again, this is in the screenshots.

2) Agreements and threats are not mutually exclusive.

3) That is, rightfully, not how monopoly power is defined.

4) They would not be free to do so: there is established case law showing that it is illegal!
February 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The screenshots are explicit examples of Valve threatening developers who try lowering their prices on other services.
February 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM