• Evkob@lemmy.ca
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    While I’ll always be wary of corporations, Valve seems to be maintaining an overall good relationship with the FOSS community (for the time being).

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      they aren’t publicly traded so that’s probably part of the reason.

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        I’d bet dollars to donuts that’s exactly the reason. And the minute they start goin public, the enshittification will occur.

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            Enjoy it while it lasts. Capitalism will definitely suck out all joy out of life eventually but we can still have a little bit of fun here on the verge.

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          I mean, the second someone is a billionaire from the business they run, the enshitifaction has begun because that money comes from somewhere.

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            Gabe has been a billionaire a while now. Like $9.5B net worth with a yacht collection.

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                But counter to your point Steam has done a ton of pro-consumer moves since then…?

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                  If they can afford to do all of that while also making the boss a billionaire then they could have afforded to do all of that while also saving you money and only a single person would have went with less money in their pockets.

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                    the only game I have that has cards are the portal series, the others I haven’t experienced because I don’t play with games that have them. Are hats and loot boxes Valve’s fault, though?