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    misk@sopuli.xyz to Opensource@programming.dev ·
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    Steam is a bad home for FOSS projects

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    Steam is a bad home for FOSS projects

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    misk@sopuli.xyz to Opensource@programming.dev ·
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    A frustrating story of getting a FOSS project on Steam.

    Archive: https://archive.is/2025.04.08-134226/https://humnom.net/thoughts/67f3c805-steam-is-a-bad-home-for-foss-projects.html

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      itch.io works good enough

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        Does it? For finding only open source games?

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          Open source games are tagged as open source, which makes it very easy to discover

          Though there is no harm in having a browser for foss games we already have a load of people using itch.io for that exact purpose

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