In my opinion when I buy a game on Steam then Steam is the first party launcher for me.

Doesn’t matter if the game is developed/published by EA, Rockstar, Ubisoft, or whatever.

I’m paying money to Steam, I’m getting game files from Steam, that makes it first party launcher.

Other companies are taking advantage of their role as developer/publisher to insert their own launcher to force me to create an account on their service.

But on Reddit (🤮) I see people calling Steam as third party launcher.

Am I wrong or redditors are wrong?

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You asked if you were wrong about what is a third party launcher, and they are pointing out that you were.

    Your point of view does not matter when it comes to the definition of ‘first party’, ‘third party’, etc, because that is not how those words are defined.

    Whether or not you like games insisting on you using the game developer or publisher’s launcher is separate question from what is or is not a first vs third party launcher.