Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win' - eviltoast
  • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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    1 year ago

    It’s mostly the effect of expanding the company, like more job, better product, etc etc. sometime it help develop the society quicker because they get more capital to do bigger thing and put in research to do better thing or find new thing, but in return you have to promise growth and return to people giving you money to do that thing. i don’t think it’s meant to be altruistic cus it’s not charity.

    • reksas@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      A bit like the difference between building bigger and unstable houses vs smaller and stable. No idea where you got the charity concept from, i dont think anyone has even mentioned it before.

      • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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        1 year ago

        Charity as in the purpose is purely for the good of society. Unless it’s rhetorical, I merely answer your question.

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          1 year ago

          Sorry, when word “charity” gets mentioned in this context tends to annoy me a lot as sentence “we are not a charity” seems to be like magic word to some that can be used to excuse any shitty behaviour by the company.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      I haven’t seen a better product from companies that grow big. I always see the quality go down and users stay because of lock-in.