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And it will last til Gabe dies. Then I guarantee it enshittifes so fast it will make your head spin.
I think Valve has a lot of good people there. Hopefully succession has been planned and leadership will go to someone as good as GabeN.
100% this. He's definitely keeping a bunch of bad stuff at bay.
As long Valve doesn’t become publicly traded they will be fine. The problems start when companies optimize for shareholder value rather than customer value.
You're right that going public would virtually guarantee they enshittify, but staying private does not guarantee they remain customer focused. It's still a business, and right now the only thing making it so good for customers, IMHO, is an ideological vision that favours long term stability, and steady profits. That is not the norm in the business world (of tech platforms).
Na. Even privatly traded companies can enshittify when it gets inherited to people not sharing the same vision as the one that made the company successful.
If you want to prevent enshittification more long term, convert it to a non-profit cooperative, with a work ethic that promotes providing the best service over short term profit.
So tencent or a saudi prince buys them and it will be fine guyyyyssss haha
Nothing ever bad happens under private ownership either right?
You think there aren't a bunch of greedy finance whores biding their time until Gabe dies in order to take over and enshitify everything so they can squeeze as much money out of Steam as possible?
Private equity buyout would be the same problem but even faster.
Well yeah, that will be the potential first sign to look out for. If that happens no need to think it won't get worse like everything else.
He should turn it into a non-profit right before he dies and put the ip under a foundation or something so it can’t be sold off in pieces.
He wont though
OpenAI is a non-profit
A non-profit which owns a portion of OpenAI, the for-profit company.
And FIFA
Maybe. I've heard Gabe's son is set to take over when the time comes, hopefully he's been raised right.
Hmm. The founder's son usually just squeezes the company for profit.
But you don't have to do anything at all to get rich off of steam
citation needed
Really!? Gives me hope!
As soon as the business people gain control they will pivot everything to maximize profit. Enshitification is just a euphemism for business.