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[โ€“] gmtom@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Man I love it when people glaze objectively bad companies just because it's popular opinion to like them.

Remember steam started the business model of not actually owning your games.

Gabe has made billions by stealing profit from the workers that actually make games.

They had to be sued just to offer refunds.

They host tons of malware and shovelware and outright scam games and even protect them from """"review bombing"""

They pushed "early access" into the mainstream.

And because of people like you that would literally suck Gabes dick for the meme, they get away with it.

[โ€“] j0hax 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While I think capitalism encourages unethical business practices, keep in mind that Valve actively supports the development and popularization of the kernel as well as other projects like Wine from their profits.

[โ€“] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

And Bill Gates is trying to eradicate malaria. So should we all be glazers for Microsoft and use Windows?

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