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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 74 points 5 months ago

This is the second time they've pointed out the size of valve. First total size, now steam specific. Is it some kinna dogwhistle to other companies that the size is a weakness to exploit? Cuz what layman cares about how many people work at a given company?

[-] fishos@lemmy.world 63 points 5 months ago

A lot of companies have been trying to sue them and are trying to tarnish their name in any way possible because their case is already shaky at best. The whole "monopoly" thing despite competition existing and Valve only being on top because they're the best feature wise stuff.

[-] Zirconium@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

And a lot of publishers already have their own launchers that dont need steam or use steam. Theyre just dogshit

[-] fishos@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Exactly. It's hard to argue that Steam has a monopoly when the other launchers exist and suck. Steam, despite its flaws, is still the best storefront we have. Gabe is the person who taught us that piracy is largely a service problem, not a price problem. People will pay when the paid option is quality.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Companies have too many employees!" cries the guy who will lose his job if all companies are run like Valve.

Them having few employees doesn't prevent them from taking a 30% cut on all sales and making billions in profit and having a billionaire at their head, so are people expecting that if other companies were "trimming down some fat" it wouldn't simply result in them making more profit because prices wouldn't come down or something?

Also, a company can pretend to have 10 employees if it instead hires 1000 contractors to do the actual work.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Someone's upset that they're following their own successful business model.

I get that people don't like wealthy people regardless, but Gabe is probably one of the few that's actually not bad.

I don't know where this contractor bullshit is coming from; if anything that should be aimed at Microsoft.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

I don't know where this contractor bullshit is coming from; if anything that should be aimed at Microsoft.

TBF, Valve does hire contractors to help work on Proton and Steam OS. I have no idea what the terms and compensation are, I'm just pointing out that they do hire contractors

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

There are no good billionaires, the reason they exist is because people like you and me are paying more for things than they're truly worth, billionaires exist because of the surplus we pay.

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 7 points 5 months ago

the reason they exist is because people like you and me are paying more for things than they're truly worth

There is no true worth, worth is defined by how much people are willing to spend on something, doesn't matter how much something costs to produce and distribute

[-] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

"Companies have too many employees!" cries the guy who will lose his job if all companies are run like Valve.

Less wasting resources, good. Ah, you mean under capitalism.

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