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by ormax3 1192 days ago
> What really does itch.io or Steam offer in the way of protection if a developer wants to be malicious anyway?

more eyes; if a game contained some kind of malware, there will likely be reports made on the game discussion page (hosted on steam), and game will likely be taken down with enough complaints

i've seen this happen before when some random game added a cryptominer in a silent update