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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well yeah, of course it isn't profitable, when it's damn near malicious in how they treat their customers it's not surprising.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Never bought anything there and probably never will, but I'm always there every thursday to get the free games. Heavy gog and steam user, and gamepass subscriber.

[-] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I wonder if GOG is profitable?

[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I mean, it’s trying to compete against Steam. A platform which has 99% of the games ever released on PC after its inception at the same price and with a great interface.

You’re not winning against that unless you actually sell the same games at a lower price (and I don’t think they can afford to do that)

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[-] greenmarty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Do you guys think e.g. YouTube or redshit is profitable despite of what they say and without "profit" that's pumped in by investors or mother companies?
it's just a business,
They get market share by loosing profit then once they are establish enough so most people won't leave if they change things and they change things and start to make profit.
At least that's the plan.

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Google's goal with YouTube was never profit. Had it been YT would end up on Google graveyard long time ago. They are looking for market dominance with video streaming which in turn provides a lot of useful data for mining. Ads are there to curb price of whole ordeal a bit.

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