@GhostOnTheHalfShell And then people wounder why #GabeN is propably the most popular / least hated #billionaire in the world:

• Cuz he knows how to read the room and realize that #piracy is a matter of #convenience, not even #pricing.
• People would likely pay $100+ for #Netflix and be happy IF they'd get:
  • EVERY MOVIE AND TV SHOW
  • in DCI-8K HDR 21.7 with ALL Audio and Language Tracks selectable and
  • no #GeoBlocking whatsoever*.

I shouldn't have to fucking search where I can pay money to watch and not own something...

• This entire problem shouldn't exist and has *no legitiate reason to be there...

Meanwhile #GabeN is propably saying: "I fucking #ToldYaSo!" because all the competition and other industries refuse to learn from #Steam, but decide to mistreat their customers, expecting them to just swallow that shite...

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/116235077463924546

@FuturisticRobert @fuchsiii I think that's the fundamental unfixable problem of publicly traded corporations because they are legally mandated to maximize ROI for shareholders at an exponential rate they'll inevitably hit a ceiling.

• Even if that means they run out of humans and businesses that ain't already buying all their stuff and subscribing to everything.
  • This is why #Microsoft stopped caring about #consumers as they basically "owned" the #desktop with #WindowsXP and until they killed #Windows7 & #Windows10 any other OS was a *"statistical #RoundingError"...
    
  • All for #Linux to win is to not #enshittify at the same or faster pace than #Windows11...

Per contrast, #Valve (which is owned predominantly by #GabeN and only has marginal amounts of (non-traded!) stocks with it's employees) is also doing great without #enshittifiying #Steam.

• Mostly because #Steam can't afford to mistreat it's customers longterm, as being convenient for said users is what sets them apart from any other store...
  • The only reason they pivoted to Linux is because #GabeNewell realized the frontal attack #Windows8Bing and #Windows10S are on his company and that it's a horrible gamble to not assume #Windows trying to monopolize #Apps and #Games #distribution wouldn't cull Steam.
  • Not that they like #OpenSource, because their #BusinessModel is diametrically opposite by virtue of selling access to #CCSS. It's just that they know that Microsoft could otherwise choke them to death so fast and brutal that they'd end up bankrupt faster than #Gawker when #PeterThiel decided to literally "sue them into bankrupcy"...

Which makes Gaben propably the only publicly known #billionaire that isn't hated.

• Or maybe it's his and thus Valve's #AntiAI - Stance that #Gamers love...

@FuturisticRobert @whatdidmarksay and #Gaben's Wisdom strikes again:

Piracy is a Service Problem, not a Pricing Problem!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQweFurRz4g

@ustralien
And then IP rights holders and creators alike complain about illegal restreaming providers, when all they had to do is listen to #GabeN when it comes to service...

#Steam for example does support #PaySafeCard because it's convenient and everyone can just buy one at a local #Kiosk and it's much more convenient that even the #mycard2go back when #Wirecard was a thing and offered these non-reloadable #VCCs without "#KYC"...

#rant #venting #piracy #streaming #Nebula