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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The point still stands though, you can easily filter out anything you don't want to see.

But I doubt the same would apply if it was owned by shareholders.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A future change in leadership could very easily lead to it going public and then all the regular bullshit follows. Don't just assume it'll always be great; always be ready to jump ship.

I get worried with the amount of gamers who want Steam to be a monopoly. The existence of competition seems to upset some people and it's really odd.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A future change in leadership could very easily lead to it going public and then all the regular bullshit follows. Don’t just assume it’ll always be great; always be ready to jump ship.

Ok, but what has that anything to do with what I said?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Only really the first part of my comment. I ended up on a rambling tangent for most of it.