nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agoTim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down121cross-posted to: steam
arrow-up1334arrow-down1external-linkTim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square97fedilinkcross-posted to: steam
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down29·8 months agoYou know what I find more annoying then that? Defending a monopoly that’s rent seeking to the tune of a million dollars of revenue per employee per year, and that’s with most of the employees literally being paid to work on nothing.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoIn which market is Steam a monopoly?
minus-squareAgrivar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·8 months agothe one that occupies the vast emptiness of masterspace’s cranium, I’d wager.
minus-squareTORFdot0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoDevelopers are allowed to distribute their games directly to consumers. Thats not rent seeking or a monopoly.
You know what I find more annoying then that? Defending a monopoly that’s rent seeking to the tune of a million dollars of revenue per employee per year, and that’s with most of the employees literally being paid to work on nothing.
In which market is Steam a monopoly?
the one that occupies the vast emptiness of masterspace’s cranium, I’d wager.
Developers are allowed to distribute their games directly to consumers. Thats not rent seeking or a monopoly.