Kevin Karhan 
Seriously, #GabeN could propably wear this shirt all day when he visits any of his competitiors for a meeting to exercise maximum #BossEnergy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQweFurRz4g
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 #desktoplinux 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...
- This is why #Microsoft stopped caring about #consumers as they basically "owned" the #desktoplinux with #WindowsXP and until they killed #Windows7 & #Windows10 any other OS was a *"statistical #RoundingError"...
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.
Gabe Newell on Video Game Piracy (Full Version, HQ) (2009)
Terminal TiltThese unjust age verification laws will force more people into "piracy."
It reminds me of that Gabe Newell quote about "piracy":
"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/Valves-Gabe-Newell-Says-Piracy-Is-a-Service-Problem/
#Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #AgeVerification #GabeNewell #Steam #Valve #AB1043 #California
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#GameTwo #RocketBeans #RBTV #RocketBeansTv
Warum STEAM immer gewinnt
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDxUeRaN_Kc
#gaming #review #preview #reviews #steam #valve #gaben #gabenewell #halflife #pc #pcgaming #steamworkshop #halflife3 #counterstrike #decode #bastidecode
Warum STEAM immer gewinnt
Absolutegamer MagazineTim Sweeney (CEO Epic) critica Valve: i giochi gratuiti su Epic Store aumentano le vendite anche su Steam e altre piattaforme. #GiochiPC #Notizievideogiochi #gamingnews #Videogiochi #EpicGames #GabeNewell #Steam #timSweeney
@adr same...
I just know that "#Valve is not #Sony" and that they ain't fighting a war of 5 fronts nor willing to subsidize a product like Sony did with the #PS3 which at launch costed them at least $800 to build.
- Valve isn't trying to win the HD format war with a new & proprietary media they control, (nor sabotage their competitors on the console front) but unshackle themselves from #Windows and #macOS in favour of a platform they have more control (or at least their biggest competitiors don't have an iron grip!)...
#GabeN may not admit to it but #Windows8Bing and #Microsoft's attempts at killing off 3rd party game and software stores made his blood freeze and boil at the same time because just as #GabeNewell was ex-#Microsoft and they usually botch their initial attempts, he knew that #Windows10S and #Windows11 would come and try to choke Steam out of the platform.
- #Steam going #Linux and investing billions into that endeavour is a longterm strategy not because Valve likes #OpenSource and profiteering from #free & #unpaid #community #labour, but a matter of survival similar to how Microsoft had to react to the #RedRingOfDeath and sucked up U$D 1,150,000,000 in costs or #Xbox & #XboxLive would've died with the #Xbox360's launch models.
Cuz remember: Whilst Valve is not a publicly traded company, they still are share-held and thus has to further the interests of said shareholders.
- It's just that GabeN is the biggest shareholder and his Superyacht even when at port needs maintenance and crew to keep afloat and legally seaworthy. His interests do align more with his customers than the execs at #Nintendo which nowadays are some Japanese Corpo Suits and not #Gamers, so they don't have any shame charging β¬200+ more outside of #Japan for the same hardware.
In the end, Everyone from #AMD to #Valve to the #Retailers selling the #SteamMachine and Steam Gift Cards are doing this for the money. #HappyConsumers are a nice side effect but in #capitalism, #monopolies (and Steam is effectively a monopoly by market share) don't have consumers' interests in mind.
- They ain't a Public Roadworks, Drinking Water, Electric Grid / Postal Service / Phone Utility Company with state control and/or oversight breathing down their necks for every price increase or terms change. It merely happens that said shareholders don't expect the company to constantly increase revenue and profits in the short term.
The Most Over-Engineered Console
Tecnoblog β’ tecnologia que interessaStartup pode ter chips cerebrais para jogos e quer rivalizar com Neuralink
Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersIf someone's boat needs a hospital, maybe we've taken a wrong turn somewhere.
Gabe Newell Gets New 363-Foot Superyacht With Hospital And 15 Gaming PCs On Board
Lowyat.NETValveβs Gabe Newell Takes Delivery Of New US$500 Million Yacht With Submarine Garage, Onboard Clinic #gabenewell #lordgaben #randomasitgets
https://www.lowyat.net/2025/373517/gabe-newell-us500-million-yacht/
Valveβs Gabe Newell Takes Delivery Of New US$500 Million Yacht With Submarine Garage, Onboard Clinic
Gabe Newell, better known as both Lord Gaben and the founder of Valve and the owner of Steam, recently made waves, figuratively and literally, after he took ownership of his super yacht. By super, β¦
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