LundB
Mistakes were made.
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The idea that it is not a company's place to decide what it sells provided the product is not illegal and the company does not have a state-enforced monopoly is utterly ridiculous, and actually pretty disgusting. That's a perfect example of "people ... imposing their personal political or moral values on others", so you should see the problem. Perfect example of the sjw 'freedom except for the other guy' attitudes.a vocal debate about whether it was Valve’s place to make such a call.
With the definition of censorship you provided, not selling the game on Steam was not censorship in any way, as the game wasn't prevented from being made and sold to a wide audience, no matter how that article tries to spin things with 'b-b-but Valve have the largest market share abloobloobloo'. They still had plenty of YouTube views (among other things) for exposure, and there are plenty of avenues for digital distribution. Valve do not have a monopoly on PC gaming, and they do not have the moral duty to sell anything and everything or be evil censors.
What's next, major movie studios are guilty of censorship by not actively distributing X indie film, since they have majority market share? Ridiculous.