Comment on Steam adds new "Trending Free" tab to hide demos from new & trending

• ggppjj@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean, comments are free. If you believe that’s a decent enough use of your limited time on this Earth, who am I to argue?

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  • haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The underlying issue here is that we are in this mess because our parents and grandparents didnt do this (enough). So yes, going against corporations is kind of my hobby.

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    • ggppjj@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t see how posting to lemmy in general is going to influence people that disagree with you both because I don’t think there are many people here that do and also I think that your comment in particular is so far removed from the topic of this article that it borders on being a non-sequitor entirely, and I’m worried you may get the feeling that the people downvoting you are against your message and not the fact that your message isn’t relevant beyond being a knee-jerk reactionary cry against Valve, one of the only privately owned companies that seems to listen to user feedback as thoroughly as the article demonstrates.

      I don’t believe Valve is a monopoly and I’ve directly been able to talk to Gabe Newell via email multiple times over multiple years. Maybe some of their inter-business dealings could be better for their business partners, but as a lifelong steam user that so far has felt comfortable buying almost every hardware product they’ve put out I continue to feel comfortable supporting them because they seem to actually care about their customers from what I have directly experienced.

      I don’t mean any of this in a confrontational tone, and I apologize for the general shill vibes of that second paragraph. I’d be happy to continue the discussion, I think your message is correct and good and I think there are better more effective ways of acting on it.

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      • haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I do appreciate you taking the time to write this up and I didnt get a confrontational vibe from you.

        But excusing it by saying „could be better“ makes you part of the problem.

        Billionaires are the cancer of this world and anti competitive actions have evidently been committed, if you like to hear it or not.

        Tell your friend gabe to start making a real difference in the world because he actually can and then you can say its not that bad.

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