This conversation is kind of frustrating. You can delineate between different aspects of what rent “pays for” in one context but not another. Many devs only put their game on Steam because it’s basically the only place to put it on to have any hope of selling a decent number of copies. Literally just being in the database is frequently the main thing, that’s basically all I’m saying.
There’s no need to sling accusations at me just because I’m criticizing something you feel protective of.
Rent is when you own something and someone else pays to make use of it, which can be anything from an apartment to a car to a venue to a billboard, etc. In this case, Steam has a digital space and rent in the form of its cut is paid to be able to have your game in the database, as I just said. Steam does other things, but the cut is the cut even if you aren’t actually having it do any of those “services”. This is usually thought of in terms of payment relative to time (daily, weekly, etc.), but it can take other forms and cuts are a good example, hence my mentioning of older forms of landlordism, which were still rent but not based on time.
There’s no need to sling accusations at me just because I’m criticizing something you feel protective of.
Wtf are you even talking about? I’m accusing you of being intentionally obtuse because I had to ask you three times to define a term. I don’t feel “protective” of the fucking multi-billion dollar corporation. I’m trying to have a simple discussion and you’re constantly being hostile and unresponsive.
I am not sure what you’re talking about there, because you’ve definitely complained about not understanding what I’m saying but I didn’t understand me giving a definition of rent to be the issue, since I discussed examples of rent and the definition that I gave you is one that literally anyone could.
But since that’s apparently critical, you have it now and can make whatever inference you want from that premise.
This conversation is kind of frustrating. You can delineate between different aspects of what rent “pays for” in one context but not another. Many devs only put their game on Steam because it’s basically the only place to put it on to have any hope of selling a decent number of copies. Literally just being in the database is frequently the main thing, that’s basically all I’m saying.
Why do you still refuse to define rent? How can you justify calling the conversation “frustrating” when you’re the one being intentionally obtuse?
There’s no need to sling accusations at me just because I’m criticizing something you feel protective of.
Rent is when you own something and someone else pays to make use of it, which can be anything from an apartment to a car to a venue to a billboard, etc. In this case, Steam has a digital space and rent in the form of its cut is paid to be able to have your game in the database, as I just said. Steam does other things, but the cut is the cut even if you aren’t actually having it do any of those “services”. This is usually thought of in terms of payment relative to time (daily, weekly, etc.), but it can take other forms and cuts are a good example, hence my mentioning of older forms of landlordism, which were still rent but not based on time.
Wtf are you even talking about? I’m accusing you of being intentionally obtuse because I had to ask you three times to define a term. I don’t feel “protective” of the fucking multi-billion dollar corporation. I’m trying to have a simple discussion and you’re constantly being hostile and unresponsive.
I am not sure what you’re talking about there, because you’ve definitely complained about not understanding what I’m saying but I didn’t understand me giving a definition of rent to be the issue, since I discussed examples of rent and the definition that I gave you is one that literally anyone could.
But since that’s apparently critical, you have it now and can make whatever inference you want from that premise.