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Took the Epic money, loose my sale. World of Goo 1 was awesome. Much disappointment.
While I do agree that it's disappointing that the game is available on Epic and not Steam (and Tim Sweeney is an assface for shitting on Linux), I'm of the opinion that this situation isn't one that should warrant boycotting. I think being able to buy directly from the developers and have a maximum percentage of the revenue go straight to the studio is the best case.
It's an inconvenience to have to manually add the game to the launcher/platform of choice, but it's such a minor inconvenience to deal with given the outcome.
I understand and sympathize with the principle your expressing. However, I think it's important to be open-minded and ultimately in support of the devs themselves over the platforms that distribute their game.
You can buy from website and Tim Sweeny don't get a single ¢. If giving money to Valve is your other issue, you can also try ask for Gaben's bank account and put there an additional fee as cutshare for your purchase.