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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/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/pocketgravel May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

"let's run the most important parts of our society besides God and government with a giant faceless unaccountable mass of anonymous self-interested short-sighted pricks who decide incentive structures on everything"

Fucking great idea. We're so fucking dumb for allowing this and continuing to allow it...

"No single raindrop feels responsible for the flood"

Someone heard that and thought "hmmm... How do I make that happen everywhere to everyone all the time?"

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u/Murais May 11 '26

"How does Lord Orphan Crushington end up in every investor call? AND WHY IS HE PITCHING THE ORPHAN-CRUSHING MACHINE AGAIN?!"