• WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Other people work at Valve other than Gabe. It’s entirely possible there’s others in the top management team.

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      1 year ago

      Valve doesn’t have a management team.

      Maybe they could transition to being a worker-owned collective when Gabe wants to retire. I’m not sure what else keeps Valve as we know it alive post Gabe.

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      1 year ago

      Obviously other people work there, that doesn’t matter. What matters is who can make legal decisions about the company and I doubt that goes beyond Gabe. He’s a greedy bastard who really only cares about money. He’d make less in the long run if MS bought them out but that doesn’t mean the next person won’t take the payout.

      We’ve needed real alternatives to valve for a long time for this exact reason. They’re already a monopoly. If they get bought out they’ll abuse their status even more than they already have.

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        1 year ago

        He’s a greedy bastard who really only cares about money.

        What makes you say this?

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            1 year ago

            Not a surprising position for them to take, but yes that isn’t pro-consumer. I still don’t think that really backs up the statement “He’s a greedy bastard who really only cares about money.”

      • jcit878@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        They’re already a monopoly

        but they arent. there are plenty of other storefronts out there, albeit many being publisher owned. steam continues to succeed not because it has cornered the market like some monopolies, but because it is pro consumer and actually embraced by its target audience