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Casual reminder that Gabe Newell owns 6 yachts worth an estimated US$1 billion and that he is not your friend.
not my friend, but not as clearly my enemy as many other wealthy people
Class consciousness leaving my body when the money hoarder owns the store I buy treats from
So true
Wow.
A huge chunk of that Linux development was paid for by exploiting child gambling.
Just because one does a few good things with their money, doesn't justify how they got it.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
We can nitpick specific examples for everything you want, and we will be correct, but that detracts from the point that Gabe has helped to build things that took decades of slowly getting anywhere.
I wish we didn't need it, but we do.
Valve was making bank before lootcrates, and lootcrates have been available to kids since trading card games.
Sure, we know loot boxes are bad because they exploit the psychology of gambling. But what about Steam sales? They’re exploiting FOMO, hoarding/collecting psychology. We know that Steam users are buying billions of dollars worth of games they never play.
Now you're being actually ridiculous. "Sales are bad"? Really?
This dude is 100% correct and I have no idea why people are downvoting him. Sales make people more likely to buy a product due to being limited. Limited time sales work better than lowering prices in the long term.
It's why indie games do stuff like release their new games with time-limited 10% off discounts.
Ah yes, paying less is bad. Viva capitalism. /s
Are you daft or dumb? Pick one.
Paying less is good. I love sales, but they are still a psychological manipulation to get you to spend more money than you normally would.
Regular sales are FOMO? Come on.
They hated him because he spoke the truth.
Not sure exactly what you're trying to say here but I guarantee 0% of that wealth came from his investments in Linux support. Their investment in Linux is mostly a way of keeping MS in check, as in "if you try to fuck us the way Apple does with iOS, your customers will leave Windows because they'd rather have something where they can play their giant library of existing games".
No, it's not a way to keep anything in check. It's a way to not pay license fees to Microsoft.
Same thing.
Hey if Gabe wants to make Linux phones something to be taken seriously I’m all for that. Until then, Gemini creeps me the fuck out so no android. I can tolerate Siri being fucking dumb.
I don't take issue with rich people. Owning boats worth US$1 billion is past the point of rich.
Gabe Newell is better than many others, but this is true, the best man on Earth will become an absolute pissbag given power for continuous enough period of time to realize that.
And the best man on Earth is probably some volunteer medic in some African warzone, not a computer programmer and a tech businessman.
Maybe it's you!
Thanks, but I have my very reasonable doubts
We believe in you, rottingleaf!
Thx, will remember that
Power always corrupts.
I just dont understand miney obsessed people. Why the hell do you need multiple yachts? Why even work at this point when you could just .. not? You would still afford everything you ever want without ever checking your bank account. I just dont get it.
He probably enjoys working. Lots of people like to feel like they're making things happen
I would 100% still work if I were rich. The only thing that would change is when and what I work on.
He said he's having fun 🤪
So what?
That's for every individual reading this to decide. It will either mean something or nothing to you.
Personally, I don't think billionaires should exist. Even the ones that I think have done cool things. And I definitely don't think anyone needs 6 yachts in a world that is burning.
Gabe shouldnt be able to have the money he has, but his yacht ownership isn't the issue many are making when pointing it out. One is his home, full time, any home he was going own was realistically going to suck for the environment. Last I read the others are all like research vessels, emergency medical facilities for disaster relief, and humanitarian aid, and shit. Not like a zuck's smaller yacht to act as a helipad for his larger yacht thing.
maybe some day we will have a system that prevents people from having that much money, until then any place with an active enough economy has some assholes owning yachts.
He's last on the list to be eaten though.
Unfathomably based, let the man scuba dive in peace.