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by oarsinsync 1968 days ago
> if they can’t pivot to a digital presence (which they can’t, because why would anyone go outside of the native platform stores?)

Price.

It’s often cheaper to buy a “CDKey” from a third party site and stick it into the native platform store than to buy direct.

It definitely adds friction though, so it’s unlikely to become the primary method for most.