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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Steam is a monopoly surely, but it's a rare case, or maybe the only case, where it became a monopoly both because it is actually a good service that is not enshittified, and because the competitors kept shooting themselves in the foot.

I guess that's what you get when you don't have any obligation to shareholders.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Netflix was also a preferable monopoly, because this warring fiefdom bullshit is not competition. You wanna watch a show? Fuck you, $20/mo and another password to lose.

We broke up movie theaters for that shit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Netflix was always bound to the shareholders desires, Valve was never and as far as Gabe and his successor are concerned, it won't. This and Valve's unique hierarchy are big factors into why they haven't enshittified.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 6 days ago

Netflix didn't do anything wrong. They got fucked over by everyone they licensed from deciding they'd steal Netflix's business model, and then they would be the biggest fish in the pond. All of them. At the same time.