Comment by nsbi88
1 day ago
Should be viewed through the lens of Platform Economics ie how a Platform views the universe.
The platform, doesnt matter whether its netflix or amazon or booking or uber or airbnb or visa or youtube/fb, all converge in how they behave to Survive.
They had those policies before they even were a proper platform, though. Before they even had a store, you'd buy Half-Life 2 on CD or DVD, and then it'd require you to make a Steam account and lock the physical copy to your account so that it couldn't be transferred or played offline.
I don't think it was necessary to survive at that point. I think it was just the way they wanted it to work.