From my perspective as a journalist who got out, he wants to defend the site as valuable and blameless. Blame may be misplaced...
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Replying to @TinyConstruct @cmuratori
but it feels like someone who wants to have his cake and eat it. If SS is free information, it's not free from criticism, IMO.
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But I absolutely appreciate how devs think it's a useful site! I'm just grumpy <3
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I'm still not sure I understand what the complaint is, though? If the site were taken down, I could just query the info.
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In fact I _might_ still query the info even though the site is there, since I can get more accurate results.
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But I believe having the site be public and common leads to a better market, in that people know what things sold.
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That is how all other creative media works - you know what a movie made at the BO, you know what albums went platinum, etc.
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Game companies live in a weird alternate world where they believe they should have everything kept secret, unlike others.
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And I don't think that is a proper market. So SteamSpy does a good public service, IMO, and should be respected.
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If you're in a country where rich people fear reprisals, well, that's a cost to you. There are a lot of costs like that.
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But you don't get to dictate how the other 99% of the world operates due to your particular local issues.
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