Valve’s video game marketplace Steam is now the anti-App Store

Apple’s “walled garden” approach to the App Store may not be perfect, but it does make life harder for racists, homophobes, and other purveyors of hate to peddle their goods.

The same can’t be said for Steam, however. The PC gaming marketplace owned and operated by Valve Corporation was at the center of controversy just last week over a product listing for a game called Active Shooter, which allowed players to step into the role of a marauding school shooter.

Valve removed the listing after widespread outcry led to mainstream media coverage, and the company’s public address of the matter concluded with a promise: “The broader conversation about Steam’s content policies is one that we’ll be addressing soon.” Read more…

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