The gamers on Reddit are convinced that steam is THEIR corporation and Gabe is THEIR billionaire so they’re good guys of the people, that’s how propaganda gets people
Ugh, so true. The insidious nature of Steam is the fact that they’re basically a PC gaming business monopoly, but they’re benign compared to other corporations, so gamers tend to turn a blind eye to that fact, or find various grasping ways to convince themselves otherwise (there’s still Epic and GOG! etc). The fact that 80%+ of PC game sales are through Steam doesn’t seem to faze or disturb them, when it most definitely should. What happens when Steam drops the facade? I imagine it won’t be long before Steam turns into the badguy.
There is a big difference when it’s a choice to use them. You aren’t forced or obligated, but people choose to. And they choose them for a reason, they do pretty good these days. People used to hate steam cause it was kinda shit when they first came out. I’m not saying there isn’t room for improvement, pretty much everything does. But it could be worse.
I do fully agree, when Gaben steps down/passes I fully expect it to turn to typical gaming company fuckery.
That’s why we gotta keep Gaben alive for at least the next 20 years. He has lost weight at least.
The insidious nature of Steam is the fact that they’re basically a PC gaming business monopoly,
Steam is a market leader, not a monopoly. Steam looks like a monopoly because it is the natural effect of being a market leader.
The fact that 80%+ of PC game sales are through Steam doesn’t seem to faze or disturb them, when it most definitely should
Reasonable disturbance but I personally will only categorize this as a concern.
I’ve been down voted for saying “Fuck Nintendo” and they’ve been outwardly hostile to humanity.
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If corporations are people, is it racist to boycott them, especially whole industries?
If corporations are people then they are white people and you cannot be racist against white people 🤣
Politicians
Downvote me to helk if you like but in my experience I’d mention Human Resources before Corporations and Cops
HR is literally just corporations though, it’s already in the picture…
