Why Putting Trust in Steam is so Difficult.

[76561199559798421]

There are just so many weird things that go on within the steam forum.

My faith in steam is completely shattered from extremely poor games reaching top popularity on steam, to talks of dropping operating systems.

The lack of faith i have for steam is disturbing , it creates several issues, one is i am less likely to purchase anything on a platform i don't trust.

From what i have read on the steam forums time and time again is users declaring they want to sue steam, that steam defrauded them.

these are just some obvious things that show up on the steam forum all the time that has ruined my trust in steam, there are many others things as well.

But, how do you trust a company that uses its own player base to try and shield it from the public opinion. The reality is, is this statement is public opinion.

Steam is a extremely weird platform, and i can't wait to see all the people that show up to try and defend it.

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

Windows 7 Support is not coming back, you can stop trying.
And there is no grounds for any lawsuit either. Believe what you will, but nothing is going to happen.

[Stalker2010]

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

to talks of dropping operating systems.

That is totally normal and not unexpected, operating systems are software, and any piece of software eventually gets old and become more vulnerable with time, especially when the developer long says that they would not be patching it anymore.

[76561199559798421]

i am not troubled over the operating system but i will tell you that it displaces any trust in steam for a lot of people, and it opens the door to even larger problematic anti trust legal issues.

Customers trusting steam expect to have access to what they buy, changing the requirements and access of such things is clearly showing a high level of distrust.

I am not one to go as far as to try and sue a multi mega conglomerate but it does ruin any trust i have with the product and the company, that eventually leads to lack of purchasing of the products being sold.

More over its something that the Game Developers need to be aware of that steam is showing unfavorable honesty to its users, and likely the developers will see the same dishonesty in other aspects of steam which might be important to the product they sell and its growth and demand.

[xBCxRangers]

Just don't buy from them anymore. The great thing is, many of these games are coming over to consoles. Buy them there. For the older Win 7 stuff in our libraries we have to rebuy them at GoG.

Steam is anarchy gaming. There are no real rules of the road. There was a time that model worked, but as developers got more greedy, you need the opposite which a much more regulated approach than you have here imo.

[Komarimaru]

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

There are just so many weird things that go on within the steam forum.

My faith in steam is completely shattered from extremely poor games reaching top popularity on steam, to talks of dropping operating systems.

The lack of faith i have for steam is disturbing , it creates several issues, one is i am less likely to purchase anything on a platform i don't trust.

From what i have read on the steam forums time and time again is users declaring they want to sue steam, that steam defrauded them.

these are just some obvious things that show up on the steam forum all the time that has ruined my trust in steam, there are many others things as well.

But, how do you trust a company that uses its own player base to try and shield it from the public opinion. The reality is, is this statement is public opinion.

Steam is a extremely weird platform, and i can't wait to see all the people that show up to try and defend it.

The same 3 users, aren't a majority. Especially when they are alt accounts like yours, with no games and strictly to post in the forums.

[Mountain Months]

yes every aspect of the steam experience has degraded from even just 5 years ago which makes even less sense considering valve's revenue has actually increased significantly

the future for the platform looks grim

[Aachen]

I suppose you find the city government suspicious based on the “END IS NIGH” signage you see when out in public.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

"Trust issues" from a 100% non-customer.

Hilarious.

[Stalker2010]

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

i am not troubled over the operating system but i will tell you that it displaces any trust in steam for a lot of people, and it opens the door to even larger problematic anti trust legal issues.

Like what? Giving people a period (3 years for Windows 7) to upgrade to supported newer systems and announcing everywhere that they no longer support it wasn't enough?

I mean there are solid arguments that you can use against Steam other than ditching out of support OSes.

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

Customers trusting steam expect to have access to what they buy, changing the requirements and access of such things is clearly showing a high level of distrust.

And that's the issue, lots of people don't read the Steam Subscriber Agreement. You only have access to products as a licensee that Steam can condition under their terms.

But yeah I agree with you, Steam or Valve did do many anti-consumer practices that didn't really affect them that much.

[craigal]

Go to the forums of just about any other games and you will see the same issues.

Forums are generally a very small minority of the userbase making a lot of noise.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

There are just so many weird things that go on within the steam forum.

My faith in steam is completely shattered from extremely poor games reaching top popularity on steam, to talks of dropping operating systems.

The lack of faith i have for steam is disturbing , it creates several issues, one is i am less likely to purchase anything on a platform i don't trust.

TRhen why do you insist opn being here?
Why do you hang around the forum?
You can leave, and go to another store .

Originally posted by Everyone is Invited:

From what i have read on the steam forums time and time again is users declaring they want to sue steam, that steam defrauded them.

Yeah. same thing happens with any large store. People blame their carelessness or disappointment on iother people.

[Bloodwyrm Wildheart]

Sure, there's that. But there's also the fact that they still allow scams like these:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/37747/Jan_2024_Two/
...With a healthy bit of copyright infringement mixed in. (TADC)
Apparently a vetting process is too expensive for a small family business like valve.
Steam truly is the Amazon of video games.

[Ganger]

Your trust in steam was misplaced to begin with. Loyalty to a company is only ever a one way street.

[wesnef]

Originally posted by Ganger:

Your trust in steam was misplaced to begin with. Loyalty to a company is only ever a one way street.

This. I don't trust them *or* distrust them. It's just a store I use. /shrug


But yeah, just another disguised "AAAA! Win 7!" thread. /yawn

[Just A Threat Echo]

Is this a bot? I feel like this is chatGPT as a person who has been given a random topic.