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Its really just because Gabe is the dude.
It would devolve of he died.
I'm not convinced that Valve will go down the tubes when Gabe shuffles off this moral coil (praise gaben may he live a thousand years). It would require a strong company culture that believes as he does that piracy is a service issue and is thus willing to adhere to his vision in his absence, but that can happen in a privately held company if there's a strong succession plan in place.
Now, if Gabe dies and Valve goes public, then it's pretty much over. Platform monetization, proft-taking and short-term thinking would enshittify Steam in short order.
Damn I hope they become a worker collective.
“We just care about providing for our employees, keeping the servers running, and stashing away a percentage in a rainy day fund”. Employees having debate on whether to hire a translator or build a breastfeeding room this year. Some saying why not both?
Came looking for this.
Get rid of Gabe and put in the Unity board, and we'll be paying extra for every Mb we download...
Oh boy. Dont give them ideas.
trust me, the people who work at valve right now know better than to make those stupid ass decisions
Some game developer - oh, our shitty update process requires the whole game to be downloaded again and not just the patch? Too bad so sad!