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?
“Third party” in the general sense, means “Someone that isn’t you or me”
So, when Steam says third party, they refer to companies that aren’t Steam. When other companies say it, they refer to any other company, including Steam. It’s context sensitive.
And when I say third party as Steam customer, I am referring to other launchers, even if they made the game I bought. Or is context not important here?
Are you asking because you still don’t understand why you’re wrong, or because you’re trying to convince the world that everyone else is wrong?
If you’re having trouble grasping the concept, it’s probably because you keep referring to different, very specific examples as contradictions to other very specific examples.
If you just want me to say you’re right and everyone else should change their definitions to match yours, then you do you, and best of luck with that.