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[–] exu@feditown.com 19 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Devs are still free to sell their game outside of Steam and charge whatever price they want for that version

[–] Phineaz@feddit.org -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think you're not allowed to "sell" it for free with the same version and features. Which should be unsurprising.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Steam’s “most favored nation” contracts with devs explicitly prohibit this

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 days ago

And yet it happens

[–] exu@feditown.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Krita is open source but paid on Steam

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Same with Aseprite. You can buy it from their store or Steam. If you're cool enough you can compile it yourself and get the full program for free.

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