Valve is not the one setting the prices. The publishers/developers are. One could argue that they are increasing their prices becauses of Valve's cut, but they aren't. A Ubisoft game for example costs the same on Steam as it does on the Ubisoft store, which is obviously not taking any cuts for its own games.

Also, 30% is the industry standard. Here is a nice overview IGN made in 2019. https://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2019/09/GameRetailerCuts_infographic-1.png

Edit for the price parity argument: If the parity would have increased game prices to include Valve's cut, AAA games would have gotten 30% more expensive many years ago. But they didn't.

TipOfMyJoystick

I loved helping people find games they couldn't remember the names of.

Danger Danger!

Keep the change.

I am still riding the MP3 train. Music from indies and smaller bands I buy on Bandcamp or directly from the artist. Bigger bands from larger labels and really obscure stuff I get from Soulseek.

Discovering music got more difficult after leaving Reddit, I lurked on a lot of genre subs. Now I mostly find new stuff through friends or Youtube recommendations.

TotalBiscuit taught me a lot about having standards and standing by them. Also about consumer rights and voting with your wallet.

I think Songwhip is what you are looking for. Here is an example: https://songwhip.com/ed-schraders-music-beat/pilot

FTL and Into the Breach

Well, it is from 2010. But I will still recommend Alpha Protocol.

"The company indicates that all models of OneWheels sold between 2014 and 2023 are subject to the recall."

That's pretty much a death sentence for the company, isnt it?

Nopology

Huh, so Russia finally killed a real nazi...