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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] Virkkunen@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

Netflix was always bound to the shareholders desires, Valve was never and as far as Gabe and his successor are concerned, it won't. This and Valve's unique hierarchy are big factors into why they haven't enshittified.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Netflix didn't do anything wrong. They got fucked over by everyone they licensed from deciding they'd steal Netflix's business model, and then they would be the biggest fish in the pond. All of them. At the same time.

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