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    1. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      The thing I'm most interested in is *predicting what's actually going to happen*, more so than labeling people good guys and bad guys; we're dealing with giant dueling mega corporations here after all. Having a particular perspective is fine, but typical mind fallacy is blinding

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    2. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      And at the scales we're operating at, oh my gosh if you have a strong opinion about ANY of this, you've already self selected yourself into a tiny tiny group that is completely unlike the average customer.

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    3. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      Here are my potentially unpopular takes: 1) Every bit of negative press gets folks talking incessantly about Epic, so if you hate them, congrats, you are helping them continue to absolutely flood the zone with awareness about their brand.

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    4. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      2) Steam will remain powerful and relevant for years and years to come. Their moat is deep and hard to disrupt. Epic is wise to not come at them head-on and just try to clone the service, but Steam is NOT #1 because they lazily bumbled into success. They did many things right.

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    5. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      Steam absolutely had first mover advantage and absolutely has been resting on their laurels a bit these last few years. I'm glad to see a fire lit underneath them, as a developer and as a player. But the meme "they don't do anything" isn't true. Mostly they just suck at comms.

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    6. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      I don't say this in defense of anybody, I say this in "if you want to compete with these folks you need to understand them so that they don't stomp you to bits as they casually walk past without realizing you were even there."

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    7. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      Unpopular take 3: Half Life 3 would not make a big difference even if it was everything you ever hoped for.

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    8. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      Boring fairly obvious take: Epic is not going anywhere, and they will definitely succeed in attracting a good chunk of market share. How big, and how fast, and how much is taken directly out of Steam's hide rather than grown fresh, is another question entirely.

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    9. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      Unpopular take 4: Everyone who has an opinion about how to "solve discovery" that invokes the word "just" or "only" has not yet actually tried it in production and it probably won't work

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    10. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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      Not necessarily unpopular but perhaps unconventional: The greatest threats to entrenched business models are not this store or that store, but developers moving to sell their content direct, and players moving back to piracy

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 30 Jan 2019
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      Replying to @larsiusprime

      Agreed. Just imagine how much more efficient the world would be if software update were an open OS service and we had efficient browser-based web payments and open account services so that any developer could sell games without account and payment friction.

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        2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 30 Jan 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @larsiusprime

          The 3 major browser makers have 30% fee stores and are disincentivised to make web payments and software installation efficient. If lower-fee stores succeed, these misincentives will fade away, and distribution will become more developer-friendly and efficient.

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        3. Lars "Sweet Leaf" Doucet‏ @larsiusprime 30 Jan 2019
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          Mozilla has a store? Guess I wasn't paying attention. Google/Apple makes sense tho.

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        1. HardPenguin‏ @hardpenguin13 30 Jan 2019
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          Tim, it is baffling how you sometimes dream big of solutions like the ones you mentioned but at the same time fail to back up opensource gaming ecosystems like Linux that could be the only way in the long shot to make them come true!

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