Comment by happymellon

> So if enacting these anti-consumer practices were actually more profitable, why is Epic doing so shit?

Because it is "common wisdom" even if the wisdom is short sighted and doesn't always amount to increased profits.

See Netflix removing the ability to cast, because fuck you. How much of the current growth is borne out of that crackdown on people using all their profiles they pay for?

There currently isn't a "good guy" so they can keep turning those screws and force some extra growth. Being anti-consumer would be beneficial for Valve because they are currently the only good guys.