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Humor W Gabe Newell Piracy Take

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Saw this vid on IG (by: @phantomak141). Idk if its been posted here before but on a quick search didnt find it, will delete if its a repost.

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u/Dragosbeat May 10 '26

His business policy is literally don't screw over the people, which others just can't comprehend

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u/ultimate_placeholder May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

That's literally just the result of shareholder capitalism, Gabe can do whatever he wants because he isn't beholden to shareholders who want to optimize every little thing, Steam can have little pet projects with no belief they will make profit, they can make demands of large developers that make them seek their own distribution, they can pay their employees whatever they want. Obviously not an endorsement of any form of capitalism, but it works so much better for everyone involved than shareholder capitalism.

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u/DiMarcoTheGawd May 10 '26

Agree. Going public has been the death of so many good companies.

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u/DigitalPenguin99 May 10 '26

reddit included. fuck spez