The worst thing he does that we know of seems to be trying to collect the fastest iteration of every type of vehicle.
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halvar@lemy.lol 15 hours ago
As far as I know Valve isn’t one of those companies that employes a hundred thousand minimum-wage slaves, but one that’s gotten big, by actually innovating, which is like the only potentially good aspect of capitalism and seems to not be something most corporations do anymore. Of course were this question to ever become relevant he would have to give up most of his wealth, but it’s not like he is one of those billionaires that eat babies for breakfast.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
Jacob_Mandarin@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Well no. Valve is involved in a lot of actual gambling with csgo etc. How they are ignoring and willfully profiting from all of the skin casinos etc. is my biggest problem with them. Despite that they are still one of the best big companies i know of.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
They allow gambling clutches pearls next you’ll tell me they don’t drug test their employees!
nomy@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
And they purposely target kids with addictive loot crate mechanics and look the otherway while loot/skins are sold on 3rd party sites.
Maybe GabeN really needs a 7th yacht but maybe he’s just a greedy bastard who wants all the money.
Grimy@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
And collusion with Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.
He charges 30% like the rest of them, he isn’t trying to compete.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Valve innovated a package manager, a store, strict DRM, and gambling / third party cosmetic markets.
Very recently they built the Proton compatibility layer.