Shocking, that when a company’s real purpose and focus is to make a product for customers, as opposed to making money for the investors, it is better for the customers…
Gabe dying is the major thing I fear in my life… It’s the last compamy I know about that’s not getting enshitiffied.
Ehh, I’m a big fan of valve but their hands are not perfectly clean. They do run the gambling machine for a shitfuck ton of money, even putting aside the rest of steam.
Now ofc, that whole “the rest of steam” part is still there and is obviously their main income, I recognize. And MOST importantly, fuck Sweeny and that dogshit other place. I just think we do give valve maybe not enough discredit sometimes?
Honestly am not too worried about what you’ve mentioned.
Those things will upset my life so radically, that there’s no point in worrying about that, plus I have a lot of first world privlidge buffer before it realistically affects my life. I’m not saying that it wouldn’t suck, but I don’t care. A lot of things will go to absolute life-changing shit for everyone around me if it also affects me.
Steam getting majorly enshitified will affect the major thing in my life, that I rely on to be able to handle the rest and retain at least some of my sanity, while changing nothing about the rest of my circumstances. It’s something I interact with daily.
Yes, I am reasonable, this is the thing I worry about the most, but I do recognize that it’s a privilige.
No worries! It made me honestly consider my opinions in broader, more real sense, and they still hold, so you did give me food for thought. So no offence taken.
DdCno: “Oh, the Worst day? Did you get diagnosed with cancer? Did you get hit by a bus and suffer full body paralysis? Did you lose your home and entire family in a fire? I don’t understand figures of speech!”
Devs have an option to put DRM on. If the game doesn’t have DRM on steam, you van do the same thing, if it has DRM, then it isn’t available on GoG anyway.
Shocking, that when a company’s real purpose and focus is to make a product for customers, as opposed to making money for the investors, it is better for the customers…
Gabe dying is the major thing I fear in my life… It’s the last compamy I know about that’s not getting enshitiffied.
Ehh, I’m a big fan of valve but their hands are not perfectly clean. They do run the gambling machine for a shitfuck ton of money, even putting aside the rest of steam.
Now ofc, that whole “the rest of steam” part is still there and is obviously their main income, I recognize. And MOST importantly, fuck Sweeny and that dogshit other place. I just think we do give valve maybe not enough discredit sometimes?
The major thing? Not global thermonuclear war? Not global warming leading to massive political and economic instability? Not democratic backsliding?
I like my PC games as much as the next guy, but let’s be reasonable: It’s just a luxury good.
Honestly am not too worried about what you’ve mentioned.
Those things will upset my life so radically, that there’s no point in worrying about that, plus I have a lot of first world privlidge buffer before it realistically affects my life. I’m not saying that it wouldn’t suck, but I don’t care. A lot of things will go to absolute life-changing shit for everyone around me if it also affects me.
Steam getting majorly enshitified will affect the major thing in my life, that I rely on to be able to handle the rest and retain at least some of my sanity, while changing nothing about the rest of my circumstances. It’s something I interact with daily.
Yes, I am reasonable, this is the thing I worry about the most, but I do recognize that it’s a privilige.
Alright, fair enough. Totally understandable position, now that I get the full picture. Sorry if I was a bit blunt.
No worries! It made me honestly consider my opinions in broader, more real sense, and they still hold, so you did give me food for thought. So no offence taken.
Someone: “I just had the worst day”
DdCno: “Oh, the Worst day? Did you get diagnosed with cancer? Did you get hit by a bus and suffer full body paralysis? Did you lose your home and entire family in a fire? I don’t understand figures of speech!”
We have GOG too
I love GOG but I am concerned about their lack of transparency regarding AI slop.
At least you know they can never enshitify what you have already bought and downloaded.
Isn’t this the same with steam?
Devs have an option to put DRM on. If the game doesn’t have DRM on steam, you van do the same thing, if it has DRM, then it isn’t available on GoG anyway.
At least that is how I understood it.