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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day ago

Can anyone overthrow Steam on PC? "As long as Valve is independent and not a publicly traded company," analyst says it looks impossible

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Can anyone overthrow Steam on PC? "As long as Valve is independent and not a publicly traded company," analyst says it looks impossible

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day ago
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"Steam is difficult to avoid," says analyst
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    21 hours ago

    If they are shareholders, they hold at least one share. Every one of them. There’s no limit on number of shareholders or shares held. But those shares are not publicly traded.

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      There are limits on shareholders in private companies.

      https://www.investopedia.com/terms/5/500-shareholder-threshold.asp

      Looks like the number is 2000, but that excludes employees. It used to be 500.

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        That’s only a (USA) reporting limit. A private company can still have more than 2000 shareholders, but it must then publicly report its finances like a public company would.

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          Fair… but why would any private company do that without going public? Do any?

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            When you and your 2000 co-founders want to start a company? Then its 2001 shares.

            Reminds me of this guy:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYIksrZeu4

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              He should gone ahead and taken out billions in loans against his company and got some cash in hand tax free.

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