Sorry, Gabe isn’t great either. He just knows not to constantly fuck over your consumers everyday to make loads of money. He’s on the list, lower on it, but still.
he simply cant - he dont have those nintendo/microsoft/sony resources. he knows if he starts fucking around - he will find out and quickly.
but also - his yacht - thats for oceanography, I hold a believe that he might be doing more like commander Cousteu type of thing and not rich guy (hookers/cocaine) type of thing . and I can get behind that
He could easily fleece his users in so many ways if he wanted to. Many of us are in so deep with Steam that it would take something truly heinous to pry us away from our game libraries, and the next-best service to Steam is absolute dog shit.
Saying he can’t make more evil, exploitative choices because it would be bad business ignores the fact that nearly every modern company makes evil, exploitative choices no matter how little business sense it makes. Honestly, I’m exhausted by just how rarely companies act in their own self interest and just let us continue giving them money instead of shooting themselves in the foot.
Maybe he could build a train. Idk, seems like I’m a vacuum that’s probably the sensible thing to do. Maybe he could donate it directly from his income (that’s actually real income of course, we can’t tax those loans you took out to pay for said boat) directly in charge of fixing things up for people.
Tldr, fuck his “science boat”. Build some goddamn houses for people. Gates is a bastard but Gaben gets a “charity” pass?
I’ve made this comparison against Taylor Swift and it works for Gaben too. There is no ethical way for an individual person to acquire more than a billion dollars, full stop. That said, there are billionaires who have come across their fortunes a little more honestly than others. Taylor Swift and Gaben are good examples of that. So if/when the guillotine comes out I hope Taylor S. and Gaben won’t be on the chopping block and will relinquish a lot of their wealth. Unlike Peter Theil who is just evil.
Hard agree! Although my personal version is less about acquiring than having.
Even if someone acquired a billion through the most ethical means possible, the simple fact that they are holding onto that disgustingly imbalanced amount of wealth is unethical.
I feel most sorry for small developers having to hand over 30% of their entire work’s value to “uncle Gabe” who’s already sitting on over 9 billion. Fuck that noise.
Yeah I agree that steam offers them a decent marketplace and we’re definitely seeing lots of great games from smaller studios or individuals as a result.
I’d prefer if sales were “taxed” lower than 30% up to a given threshold instead of fluffing Gabe’s already massive bank balance though.
Like 10% on your first 50K, sliding scale upwards after that for example. I’m spitballing but you get the idea I hope. He just doesn’t need that level of payout from smaller folks.
Sorry, Gabe isn’t great either. He just knows not to constantly fuck over your consumers everyday to make loads of money. He’s on the list, lower on it, but still.
he simply cant - he dont have those nintendo/microsoft/sony resources. he knows if he starts fucking around - he will find out and quickly.
but also - his yacht - thats for oceanography, I hold a believe that he might be doing more like commander Cousteu type of thing and not rich guy (hookers/cocaine) type of thing . and I can get behind that
You know what does research better than his yacht?
NOAA, funded by him (and every other billionaire) paying their fucking taxes.
He could easily fleece his users in so many ways if he wanted to. Many of us are in so deep with Steam that it would take something truly heinous to pry us away from our game libraries, and the next-best service to Steam is absolute dog shit.
Saying he can’t make more evil, exploitative choices because it would be bad business ignores the fact that nearly every modern company makes evil, exploitative choices no matter how little business sense it makes. Honestly, I’m exhausted by just how rarely companies act in their own self interest and just let us continue giving them money instead of shooting themselves in the foot.
Maybe he could build a train. Idk, seems like I’m a vacuum that’s probably the sensible thing to do. Maybe he could donate it directly from his income (that’s actually real income of course, we can’t tax those loans you took out to pay for said boat) directly in charge of fixing things up for people.
Tldr, fuck his “science boat”. Build some goddamn houses for people. Gates is a bastard but Gaben gets a “charity” pass?
srry on my scale of bad rich people, - Gaben hes just not on it.
its a gaming platform, not forced on you.
bezos on the other hand - hes very high.
I’ve made this comparison against Taylor Swift and it works for Gaben too. There is no ethical way for an individual person to acquire more than a billion dollars, full stop. That said, there are billionaires who have come across their fortunes a little more honestly than others. Taylor Swift and Gaben are good examples of that. So if/when the guillotine comes out I hope Taylor S. and Gaben won’t be on the chopping block and will relinquish a lot of their wealth. Unlike Peter Theil who is just evil.
Hard agree! Although my personal version is less about acquiring than having.
Even if someone acquired a billion through the most ethical means possible, the simple fact that they are holding onto that disgustingly imbalanced amount of wealth is unethical.
Yep, I remember the paid mods fiasco
If he wasn’t fucking over his consumers, he wouldn’t be able to spend 1000 million on fancy boats.
I feel most sorry for small developers having to hand over 30% of their entire work’s value to “uncle Gabe” who’s already sitting on over 9 billion. Fuck that noise.
Most of those small developers wouldn’t have been able to make a dime trying to get their games into physical stores.
That’s not to say it should be this way, but it could be a lot worse.
Yeah I agree that steam offers them a decent marketplace and we’re definitely seeing lots of great games from smaller studios or individuals as a result.
I’d prefer if sales were “taxed” lower than 30% up to a given threshold instead of fluffing Gabe’s already massive bank balance though.
Like 10% on your first 50K, sliding scale upwards after that for example. I’m spitballing but you get the idea I hope. He just doesn’t need that level of payout from smaller folks.