just noticed steam's rolling out sales tax on marketplace stuff in certain US states and honestly everyone's losing it lol. apparently it's based on where you live and some states like california are hitting 7.25% while others like montana don't charge anything at all. pretty wild how inconsistent this is

the whole thing stems from that 2018 supreme court ruling that basically said online businesses gotta collect sales tax now even without a physical presence. so steam's just following the rules i guess, but gamers are calling it theft and saying digital games shouldn't be taxed like physical products. some people are even threatening to leave the platform entirely

what's confusing everyone is how the steam tax works internationally too. saw comments from canadian users saying it's happening there as well. like why are we paying extra for digital content that's literally just data? the new checkout screen will at least show you exactly how much tax you're getting hit with, so at least there's transparency i suppose. still feels wrong though