While many accuse Valve of monopolising the PC gaming market, others argue that Steam's dominance is simply the result of doing things right.

As long Valve doesn’t become publicly traded they will be fine. The problems start when companies optimize for shareholder value rather than customer value.

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So tencent or a saudi prince buys them and it will be fine guyyyyssss haha

Nothing ever bad happens under private ownership either right?

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You think there aren’t a bunch of greedy finance whores biding their time until Gabe dies in order to take over and enshitify everything so they can squeeze as much money out of Steam as possible?

Private equity buyout would be the same problem but even faster.

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Well yeah, that will be the potential first sign to look out for. If that happens no need to think it won’t get worse like everything else.

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