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The new owner of GOG discusses taking on Steam, the devil of DRM, and following in Nightdive's footsteps (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] 19 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I don't think the point was supposed to be that Valve is good.

I think it was supposed to be that it is possible for a profit-motivated company to do something that legitimately benefits the rest of us even though the motivation was their profit goals.

Maybe more of the credit for that should go to the original creators of the FOSS licenses than to Gabe Newell, but it's still nice that it happened either way.

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  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago

    Oh the point always end up being that valve is good amongst gamers. Their asses must hurt from that much free kissing.

    No one never adresses the part about valve's gambling system, the fact that you don't own your games, the huge cut they take, etc.

    But in theses times, your personal convenience is the only thing that matters, fuck these kids.

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