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I get it. Steam doesn't seem to do exclusivity deals with 3rd party titles. So you could still sell your game on gog and humble without issue.
They control prices though, can't sell for less on another platform.
Of course you can, just not steam keys.
If it was only about Steam keys, there wouldn't have been a lawsuit.
They don't though? Devs set the price. Steam just says that you need the same base price there as elsewhere.
Yeah because if you don't, they delist your game. That's the literal definition of anti-competitiveness. They could never get away with that if they weren't a monopoly.
No it isn't. That's actually a very common store policy that's been in place since the days of brick and mortar locations. Why do you think you never see any platform listing games at higher or lower full retail prices than every other one regularly, even when they're not on Steam?
Where did you get the idea that this was the definition of anti-competitive? There are so many more things that define it more, like buying up all the competition or taking a big hit on loss leading pricing to force the competition to undercut themselves and collapse.