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Can anyone overthrow Steam on PC? "As long as Valve is independent and not a publicly traded company," analyst says it looks impossible (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Amazing what is possible when you're not beholden to shareholders that only give a shit about quarterly profits at the expense of everything else, including the entire business.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Perhaps businesses should have a rule that investors can't take money out for 10 years. Perhaps then they would actually engage in some long-term strategies.

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[–] Kage520@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

There is already short term vs long term capital gains tax, but it's only one year. Maybe they could tweak that a bit

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