Not everybody wants to self host every single piece of network software they use.

Hyperbole is hyperbole. I refuse to fall for bullshit just because it’s aligned with my views and opinions.

Looking at the actual numbers (less than 1%) other commentors are posting as opposed to clickbait headlines, I’m not seeing the issue.

How do you see what languages they selected?

Reminder that lib means very different things depending on which part of the world you’re in

Well I’m sorry, you’re not iron man

You literally pulled up a cherry picked list of where there are discrepancies.

The entire point of this thread from the comment you replied to, is that ‘cup’ is an inexact unit of measurement that varies. My list is providing examples, I’m not seeing the issue here.

You’re allowed to and im not?

You were misrepresenting the statement as if it applied globally when in actuality it was meant for ONE country. That’s just bad faith discussion.

Also, would you look at that: almost all of them have converged to US customary or 250mL, which is within the tolerance for error.

Except for Latin America, the UK, most of Asia, parts of Europe, etc. 🙄

I like how you just pulled that sentence out of context from the description for ONE country and ignored the dozen other countries with different measurements.

Israel and Russia keep their shit pretty localised (espionage notwithstanding). The US exports its shit globally.

Ok, it does say on steam, missed that.

The article doesn’t say that they were bought on steam in the first place. Given the pricing error, more likely they were bought on another storefront that issues steam keys with purchases. That would explain the error.

Are you sure about that? Because that’s not my experience. If you’re buying for a friend it asks you for their account and adds it to their library directly. I’m pretty sure the behaviour you describe was phased out a long time ago. Granted, there’s a possibility this is regional.

Buying games on steam doesn’t give you steam keys though, so this doesn’t really explain why sales on steam stopped being awesome.

Yeah if only there weren’t a dozen different international definitions of cup ranging from 100ml to 250ml

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Steam is a platform. It does provide optional DRM that some games use, but there are others that are DRM-free

A lot of official store fronts provide steam keys with your purchase because Steam is so universal.

Charging at home vs public charger, driving speeds, hilly terrain, etc.

I know, but that’s pretty much how anybody on mobile will see it.

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