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Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can never be replaced, former Epic dev says: "I don't think this is fixable" (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] perturbedstarstuff@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Give it a generation or three, but yes.

Companies that "haven't gone evil" yet are like dynasties that aren't ruled by a mad king, yet.

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[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It usually comes after the original founder leaves or dies.

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[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

Yeah it'll be extremely interesting to see the post-Gabe Valve era

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[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I’m terrified, honestly.

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