Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games - eviltoast
  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    the day gaben dies and the company falls into the grubby hands of investors, its over.

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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      2 days ago

      My understanding was that a large percentage of Valve is employee owned. Would love to know if that’s true or not.

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        1 day ago

        That just means that buying it spreads the money to slightly more people. They’re practically just as easy to acquire.

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          It also means that more people have to be willing to sell (or that if only a few sell, investors hold less power)