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[-] Shou@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

I love steam. I'm okay with the monopoly until it stops protectecting its users.

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 33 points 6 months ago

The reason steam has managed to remain consistently relevant and beloved by its users is for sure the fact that it is not a public company, but owned by nerds and the people working there. Makes for a great employee retention, and without being hounded by shareholders they can operate properly and with long term plans.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 19 points 6 months ago

Yep. If they ever go public, we're all fucked. Shareholders and quarterly reports ruin everything.

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Was thinking the same thing. If steam goes public and gaben moves on to whatever, enshittification will begin.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

God, hopefully someone else can take up the torch if that ever happens.

[-] TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah. Part of me is uneasy with the monopoly, but unless they start abusing it I don't think there's really a problem. Besides, they're not the same as a railway: nothing's stopping a game company from directly providing executable downloads, and some do.

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