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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
They’re making their machine more and more efficient, storage and bandwidth just gets cheaper with time… Yet, they still need their 30% cut to make billions in profit.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
If it’s that easy then make your own competetor and charge less. It’s not like steam has exclusively deals with anyone.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That’s not the point at all.
Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Then what is the point?
Why are they not allowed to create a good service and profit?
Why are the competition unable to take marketshare with lower fees?
It feels as if you have this number, >billion, makes a company evil. Why?
I agree with you that no single person needs a billion, but having earned it doesn’t make them bad. They innovate and move everything forwards. I’d much rather see my money with Valve than with EA, Activision Blizzard or any of the other faceless giants out there.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Multimillionaires, billionaires, they’re all part of the problem.
They’re allowed to make a good product and profit, there’s no reason why we allow them to profit so fucking much, if they do it’s because we’re paying more for their product than they actually need to charge us.
morriscox@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So he should get the address of every single person in the country and divide his money equally among every single person and have no money for himself? Maybe only keep the same amount for himself that each other person is getting? That’s ~342 million people. Give them $3 each and no more billionaire. Worth $10B? $30 for each person.
Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the USA and is worth $251B. $750/person would help for rent for one month. You could take money away from babies and maybe get a full month, maybe two.
Jeff Bezos is next at $161B. That’s about $480/person.
Of course, this means that their money is gone. No golden goose. Do you think that they should subsidize every person in the country?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Or simply say “I guess 30% is more than we need, let’s cut that to 10% and see how that goes.”