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Which CEOs are actually worth keeping around? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 8 months ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 102 points 8 months ago (41 children)

This CEO, Gabe Newell, and (if he was still alive) the founder of Little Caesars, who, if I recall correctly, secretly paid for Rosa Parks apartment until her death.

[+] gmtom@lemmy.world -16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (21 children)

Nah people need to stop jerking off Gabe and valve I general.

They started predatory lootboxes, ridiculously expensive cosmetics, early access, owning a licence instead of the actual game, had to be sued just to get refund policy and the vast vast majority of his wealth has come from just skimming a bit off from people who actually make games he distributes.

If you look at valve without the "omg steams sale XXXDDD"" mentality, then they are no better than ea or Activision.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 23 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Do you understand how much work goes into distributing terabytes of content around the world?

Valve give you AAA games. For free. No material restrictions on game-play or competitive advantage. They pay for the server hosting, anti-cheat and matchmaking.

The provide a storefront that anyone can sell their games on. And they don't contract you into exclusivity periods like others do. Do you think it's coincidence that they have, by far, the largest games store in the world?

They have supported games, for free, for over 10 years. You could have 10 years of world-class online gaming (CS:GO/2 or DOTA2) and have not spent a single penny, with no hit to your ability to play and win.

Sure, they're not perfect, they are at their core a profit-driven company and they can do things that are not in the consumers best interest.

But to compare them to shitbags like EA and Activision/Blizzard is an incredible thing to do. And removes any weight from your argument.

[–] VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Virtual Casino. More addictive than IRL ones. Insidiously pushed on kids. Predatory. As Fuck.