DScratch comments on Which CEOs are actually worth keeping around?

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I knew comments like this would turn up. But it still saddens me that even Lemmy users, who ar in general much more cognizant of these things and less likely to get caught up in the circlejerk, can’t acknowledge that Gabe Newell isn’t your best freind, he is in fact just another money hungry corporate CEO.

I encourage you to point out where I did that. I think, you'll find, I agree with you, for the most part.

You say comparing valve to say, blizzard is incredible, but the points you use to defend valve can also be made of them.

Is Overwatch 2 not free? With no pay 2 win features? Does Blizzard not pay for the server hosting anti cheat and matchmaking? Do they not also support there game for years? ( also I find that funny given the fact the TF2 community is going ballistic right now over the fact valve isn’t doing shit to support it against cheaters and bots)

Yes, one of the two companies you listed have one free-to-play game. If you want to focus on that and ignore the decades of anti-consumer, money-grubbing behavior, I don't think I can help you.

Yes they provide a store front anyone can sell on. Including shitty asset flips, early access pump and dumps, predatory spyware etc. And are very reluctant to do litersly anything about it when those scams are called to attention.

Are you referring to Steam: Greenlight? Because, you know, they shut that down 8 years ago. Or, maybe you're referring to the mod marketplace they tried to start, and then shut down because of the backlash. That was 9 years ago.

And again, that storefront isn’t some altruistic endeavour Gabe took on out the kindness of his heart. No he’s made BILLIONS by exploiting the worl of others, just like every other billionaire. And if providing a basic service makes up for your predatory bullshit, well we might as well let literally every other CEO off the hook then right?

Actually, Steam originated as an effort to block Microsoft's plans to turn PC gaming into a walled garden, like the consoles are. Sure, Valve make money off it, but there IS a consumer-friendly reason for it to exist.

It’s not a bad in to admit you got sucked in my propaganda or marketing or just general Internet circlejerks, what is a bad thing is to vehemently refuse any introspection on your current beliefs and defend them to the death simply because they are what you currently believe. I really hope I can reach out to people on Lemmy and that you guys can actually take a step and try to look at things objectively instead of doubling down.

Try this yourself.

Your post has an arrogance to it that smacks of "I'm always right, agree with me or be wrong.". I'm not saying it's intentional, but it comes across pretty strongly.
Also, don't pigeon-hole people who disagree you into GABEN4LYEF RIDE OR DIE fanatics, and we might just have a constructive conversation.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

one of the two companies you listed have one free-to-play game. If you want to focus on that and ignore the decades of anti-consumer, money-grubbing behavior, I don't think I can help you.

That's my point to you exactly. You're ignoring all of valves anti-consumer bullshit because they made a video game you like.

Are you referring to Steam: Greenlight?

No, I'm just referring to the steam store itself, that just allows all that shit to this day.

Sure, Valve make money off it, but there IS a consumer-friendly reason for it to exist.

So what's the "consumer friendly" reason they don't let you actually own your games?

Try this yourself.

I did. I used to be on the "omg Gaben so cool! Steam sale take my money you XD" circlejerk too. Then one day I heard about his fleet of luxury mega-yatchs and that made me look at things properly, that he was again just another billionaire leaching off the work of others.

Also, don't pigeon-hole people who disagree you into GABEN4LYEF RIDE OR DIE fanatics, and we might just have a constructive conversation.

I'm not. That's what you are doing to yourself by just completely disregarding decades of anti-consumer bullshit because they made a couple games you like.

You're just outright dismissing undeniable shitty behaviour from Valve for entirely superficial reasons, then when I show you you're justifications can be used with other gaming companies that get hate, you dismiss that without reason too.

You will probably consider this over dramatic but this interaction has 100% genuinely killed my last remaining scrap of hope for humanity. If people on Lemmy who are generally both left wing and intelligent, can't even acknowledge that billionaires that push anti-consumer bullshit are bad (even when they make a bideo game you like) then what hope is there of the general public understanding that? We're truly never going to change anything and we're just going to let the billionaires destroy us.

Thank you, goodnight.

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[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

Until you acknowledge that my position has nuance and is not diametrically opposed to yours, there is no reason to engage in debate.

You’ve repeatedly misrepresented my stance to make it an easy target for dismissal.

I asked you to point out where I made the claims you attributed to me, you did not.

I think you also need to give up the idea that everyone on a given platform will be as ‘enlightened’ as you are.

Everyone has their own thoughts and opinions. There is infinite room for microscopic differences. Straw-manning and pigeon-holing does nothing but annoy people and make you look boorish. Nobody wants to engage with that.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

I will acknowledge that if and when you make a position with actual nuance. "You can't compare Valce to Activision because valve makes free games" isn't nuanced and is just ignorant.

I asked you to point out where I made the claims you attributed to me, you did not.

???? No you didn't? I even just re read this whole thread. You literally never asked that????

I think you also need to give up the idea that everyone on a given platform will be as ‘enlightened’ as you are.

Clearly.

Everyone has their own thoughts and opinions.

Yep, some people have class consciousness and actually want to talk about the failures of capitalism and the atrocity of people having billions of dollars while others starve and live on the streets. And others want to defend those billionaires because they run a company that made a video game they liked 20 years ago.

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[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Try the first line of my reply here: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/15461276

I encourage you to point out where I did that. I think, you'll find, I agree with you, for the most part.

So let’s start with that and work our way from there.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Oh, that? I pointed that out in the next reply. But to reiterate.

Valve give you AAA games. For free. No material restrictions on game-play or competitive advantage. They pay for the server hosting, anti-cheat and matchmaking.

The provide a storefront that anyone can sell their games on. And they don't contract you into exclusivity periods like others do.

You dismiss decades of anti consumer bullshit and exploration of workers because "valve give you AAA games for free"

Which, AGAIN(!!!), is something those other shitty companies do, but you don't dismiss their anti-consumer bullshit because of it. Which is pretty clear evidence you are caught up in the Valve circlejerk.

So since it's clear you don't give a shit about anything and just want to justify your own world view. And you dontn have the mental capacity or the humility to change your opinion, I'm done here, you can only waste more of my time and make me more depressed at the lack of awareness.

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