I don't see Windows or OSX ever preventing you from running any random ol' software you want (Steam included). To do so would defeat the purpose of having a full modern operating system, and a step backwards for computing in general. It would alienate far too many potential customers. It makes me sad that it's even…

Discounting every game that uses any form of quick time event is a pretty shallow way to look at those games. The events in games like Heavy Rain, the the Walking Dead are not just timed events, they are choices. The importance is on the fact that you are making a decision that influences the rest of the game, and…

I wasn't sure how to interpret the "other storefronts" at first, but this seems like a brilliant idea.

How would a steam OS be any different than buying your games through current OS's app stores?

+1. I was gonna post this, but you beat me to it.

I'll just leave this here:

800 isn't a whole lot of people... can't be hard to find 800 people who agree or believe just about anything. Any idea how these 800 people were selected?

+ a million. Beat us all to it.

I never disagreed with you. I've said it in tons of other comments on this same subject (feel free to search them out and read them), that I DO tip, and I'm far from against tipping, nor do I think you should not tip as a way to send a message, nor did I suggest that tips aren't some people's living.

I wasn't commenting on the quantity of people who have other options. Simply observing that cases exist where there are options.

The tipping situation is different in Canada. There aren't cases where the workers aren't reasonably compensated for their work. And I do tip. I just think that there do exist some very rare cases where not tipping, or tipping poorly can be justified, even if those cases are few and far between.

I live in a place (Quebec) where the minimum wage for anyone making tips is still $8.75, which is fair compensation as far as I care, given that you can make a lot more than that when you factor those tips into it. I *usually* tip, but I usually get at least satisfactory service. But I don't feel bad not tipping if…

Canada, yes, but not Vancouver. The 8.75 is from Quebec.

I don't understand why everyone with a shitty job has to reply to this comment- I get that some people have shitty jobs and no choice. My point was that SOMETIMES it's partly their own fault, or their own choice to take that variety of job. In your case it wasn't.

You've twisted my words on purpose here. I've specifically said, in multiple comments, that I fully acknowledge the fact that there are some cases where choices are limited, and people end up in less-than-satisfactory situations. I get that. And in the case that you live in a place where you know your tip is going…

Tips are sometimes luck based. They're also a one time deal, which a raise is not. Tips are also an immediate evaluation, whereas your raises and bonuses take into account larger periods of time. You also don't specifically live off of bonuses. You also don't receive raises directly from your users.

Two things:

By that logic, how is it fair that they can make more money by just doing a better job, or sometimes just out of luck? If you develop the most solid software your employer has ever seen, and in record time, you make the same money. You aren't taking the same risk, so you don't get the same reward. Apples and…

I never said that the system being flawed was the server's fault. However, I have trouble believing that a "college-educated, intelligent and personable" person has absolutely no employment options other than serving food. Why not work retail? Why not use your skills to start your own business? Why not build a…

So if I read all the replies to this question the two most prevalent answers are: