alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 17 hours agoValve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can never be replaced, former Epic dev says: "I don't think this is fixable"www.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square121linkfedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down116
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkValve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can never be replaced, former Epic dev says: "I don't think this is fixable"www.gamesradar.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square121linkfedilink
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 hours agoYeah, and their unknowable secret sauce to win capitalism was to not overdo it and enshittify. Wild stuff. Who could tell that keeping your userbase happy is more productive in the long term than chasing “growth” at every turn?
minus-squareperturbedstarstuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoGive it a generation or three, but yes. Companies that “haven’t gone evil” yet are like dynasties that aren’t ruled by a mad king, yet.
minus-squareshiroininja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoIt usually comes after the original founder leaves or dies.
Yeah, and their unknowable secret sauce to win capitalism was to not overdo it and enshittify. Wild stuff. Who could tell that keeping your userbase happy is more productive in the long term than chasing “growth” at every turn?
Give it a generation or three, but yes.
Companies that “haven’t gone evil” yet are like dynasties that aren’t ruled by a mad king, yet.
It usually comes after the original founder leaves or dies.