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    [–] [email protected] 18 points 3 hours ago

    You know sometimes I actually straight up FORGET that Steam is run by the same company that created Half-Life?

    They:

    1. identified a gradient of human wants
      (Video games exist; I want them on my computer)
    2. Created a vector for that want to be satisfied
      (Digital distribution that conveys the games I want to my computer)
    3. Stayed the FUCK OUT OF THE WAY

    When you do something well, people don't notice you've done anything at all.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago

    Don't ask TF2 player how they feel about this meme

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    I have a mixed feeling about Gabe and Valve.

    While I am insanely grateful for proton (even if it was strategically important for them, they didn't do it out of kindness of heart), some other stuff disturb me:

    • Valve being so lenient on CS2 skin gambling, hurting the young people
    • A steam account being un-inheritable, making you defacto a tenant of your games
    • The 30% percent cut, stealing money from devs
    • Gabe spending his money on multiple mega yachts, like every asshole billionaire, instead of making the world a better place
    • Gabe claiming to be a libertarian, like Elon and other pieces of shit
    [–] [email protected] 1 points 14 minutes ago

    A steam account being un-inheritable, making you defacto a tenant of your games

    Can’t you just give your kids your steam password ? How would they notice ?

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago

    I didn’t knew about he claiming to be a libertarian. Rothbard must be turning over in his grave.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    <is billionaire <owns yatchs and subs People still wiping his ass with their noses?

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    He hasn't enshittified anything yet, and it's looking like he might not ever, which is why people respect him.

    There's valid criticisms, yes, but that meme is dead accurate. I don't want to imagine what gaming would look like today if someone like EA the same vast influence over the industry instead of Valve.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    Imagine if GabeN created some sort of co-op and left Steam to an employee-run board when he died.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    That's what I was going to say. Sure, Gabe might not be that bad, but what happens to Valve and Steam when he's gone? Are we just hoping the next guy also isn't evil?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

    I was pretty pro-Gabe until I saw some video detailing loot crates and how they targeted kids. There really is no such as thing an ethical billionaire.

    edit: pretty sure it was this Coffeezilla one

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    As far as billionaires go, he's the least shit of the bunch. No idea what his personal life is like, and I don't want to know. Every billionaire that makes their personal life public so far has turned out to be a giant cunt.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

    I think the most cunty public thing he does is collect yachts.

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

    Wu wei is a polymorphic, ancient Chinese concept expressing an ideal practice of "inaction", "inexertion" or "effortless action",[a][1][2] as a state of personal harmony and free-flowing, spontaneous creative manifestation.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

    Ancient Chinese philosophy has an answer for everything man

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

    This is why Gabe is the goat

    [–] [email protected] 129 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Does nothing? DOES NOTHING?! He spent the last few years ripping Microsoft a new a@@hole, rendering their operating system meaningless for gamers! ..but nice meme

    [–] [email protected] 46 points 19 hours ago

    Fun fact many don't know, Gabe helped create the first versions of Windows and claims he learned more at Microsoft than he ever did elsewhere (at the time). So in a way, he's transcended Windows, vs ripping it apart.

    [–] cyberpunk007 79 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    Gaben has done lots of awesome shit. I fear what valve will become when he's gone.

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