alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoGabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1287cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1287external-linkGabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board'www.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square111fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoHe may be a middle man rent seeking on the entire gaming industry, but you can’t hate him because of all those great game series he never finished
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·3 days agoI can’t hate him since he broke Windows monopoly in gaming.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoAnd I can’t hate Elon Musk because he promoted electric cars. I love it when completely unaccountable industry monopolists make decisions for all of society when I agree with them. They’re so cool!
minus-squareBigJohnnyHines@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoI hate billionaires existing but comparing Gabe to Elon seems pretty disingenuous. Elon has and continues to normalize some pretty horrific things.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoSo compare them on the axis I explicitly compared them on. I wasn’t obtuse with my point.
minus-squareSmaile@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoOh no he runs a buisness, grow up.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoA ‘business’ that doesn’t produce the thing that makes it profit. You sound like my landlord
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoYou mean a storefront that enables tons of indie devs to be noticed and actually compete with AAA publishers?
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAre you asking because you’re confused what we’re talking about? We’re talking about Steam.
minus-squareThreeme2189@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoTell that to every business that sells products they don’t make in house. Go on, I’ll wait.
He may be a middle man rent seeking on the entire gaming industry, but you can’t hate him because of all those great game series he never finished
I can’t hate him since he broke Windows monopoly in gaming.
And I can’t hate Elon Musk because he promoted electric cars.
I love it when completely unaccountable industry monopolists make decisions for all of society when I agree with them. They’re so cool!
I hate billionaires existing but comparing Gabe to Elon seems pretty disingenuous. Elon has and continues to normalize some pretty horrific things.
So compare them on the axis I explicitly compared them on. I wasn’t obtuse with my point.
Oh no he runs a buisness, grow up.
A ‘business’ that doesn’t produce the thing that makes it profit.
You sound like my landlord
You mean a storefront that enables tons of indie devs to be noticed and actually compete with AAA publishers?
Are you asking because you’re confused what we’re talking about? We’re talking about Steam.
Tell that to every business that sells products they don’t make in house. Go on, I’ll wait.