alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoValve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can never be replaced, former Epic dev says: "I don't think this is fixable"www.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up164
arrow-up164external-linkValve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can never be replaced, former Epic dev says: "I don't think this is fixable"www.gamesradar.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square227fedilink
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·edit-23 days agoYeah, and their unknowable secret sauce to win capitalism was to not overdo it and enshittify. Wild stuff. Who could tell that keeping your userbase happy is more productive in the long term than chasing “growth” at every turn?
minus-squareperturbedstarstuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 days agoGive it a generation or three, but yes. Companies that “haven’t gone evil” yet are like dynasties that aren’t ruled by a mad king, yet.
minus-squareshiroininja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoIt usually comes after the original founder leaves or dies.
Yeah, and their unknowable secret sauce to win capitalism was to not overdo it and enshittify. Wild stuff. Who could tell that keeping your userbase happy is more productive in the long term than chasing “growth” at every turn?
Give it a generation or three, but yes.
Companies that “haven’t gone evil” yet are like dynasties that aren’t ruled by a mad king, yet.
It usually comes after the original founder leaves or dies.