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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago (22 children)

Not advocating for our against but 2 thoughts here:

1: Gabe isn't Musk. Yes money etc but don't immediately jump there without other malfeasance please. Caution absolutely but don't ascribe one rich assholes shit to another.

2: He probably has hard data on accessibility... Possibly more than nearly anyone else. There's a HUGE portion of the population that can't use "traditional" controllers or other input devices. And that's not even going into the medical realm.

Could game Gabe be starting his villain phase? Sure! But until more negative details come out I'm just hoping this is investments he'd use toward a new steam controller.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (14 children)

let's not circlejerk and have a soft spot for a billionaire just because you like video games. why give gaben the benefit of the doubt just because you think steam is a good product? if they're a billionaire doing this, we can assume this is a money making venture.

if you're a billionaire, you're already way into your villain phase. he's not musk, but he's one of them. you don't make a billion dollars. you take a billion dollars.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Billionaires either inherit their money or get it by being an asshole. Being nice doesn’t make people billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

The billionaires today have an opportunity to eliminate world hunger yet they don't. Instead, they fly rocketships, sail on giant yachts and buy island compounds or towns in Texas. So yeah, No one at that RB club is going to win a Nobel Peace Prize. They all suck.

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