• @_stranger_
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      He hasn’t enshittified anything yet, and it’s looking like he might not ever, which is why people respect him.

      There’s valid criticisms, yes, but that meme is dead accurate. I don’t want to imagine what gaming would look like today if someone like EA the same vast influence over the industry instead of Valve.

      • @[email protected]
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        74 days ago

        Imagine if GabeN created some sort of co-op and left Steam to an employee-run board when he died.

        • DukeHawthorne
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          64 days ago

          That’s what I was going to say. Sure, Gabe might not be that bad, but what happens to Valve and Steam when he’s gone? Are we just hoping the next guy also isn’t evil?

      • @[email protected]
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        13 days ago

        Ok, but if people like him didn’t exist would we even have enshittification? In my view things get enshittified so someone who’s probably already well off can “earn” them and other rich people more money. I thought we were mostly all in agreement here that there are no good billionaires.

    • @glitchdx
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      74 days ago

      As far as billionaires go, he’s the least shit of the bunch. No idea what his personal life is like, and I don’t want to know. Every billionaire that makes their personal life public so far has turned out to be a giant cunt.

      • @_stranger_
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        I think the most cunty public thing he does is collect yachts.

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          13 days ago

          Having even 1 big yatch is cunty but collecting them when people are poor and struggling is cuntyness manifest.

          • @_stranger_
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            13 days ago

            The bar is pretty low for billionaires. He’s not a pedo as far as anyone knows, so that puts him in rare company.

      • @[email protected]
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        13 days ago

        Every one of them whose personal life goes public is a giant cunt because you have to be a giant cunt to hold on to billions of dollars. I’d say the waste Gabe produces with his fleet of aquatic toys means he’s a piece of shit billionaire. I love games and Steam but I’m not giving him a pass. And I don’t care if some of his shit is used for research purposes