mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Steam@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?'www.pcgamer.commr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Steam@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaredudinax@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoValve isn’t dominating an essential industry. They could control 100% of the game market and it would make no difference to anything important.
minus-squareDekkia@this.doesnotcut.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoNeither is Tiktok. But the US Congress is still freaking out about it.
minus-squareSeasoned_Greetings@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe US congress is freaking out about TikTok because of national security concerns about china potentially harvesting data on americans and influencing politics, not because TikTok is a monopoly. This is not at all the same thing.
Valve isn’t dominating an essential industry. They could control 100% of the game market and it would make no difference to anything important.
Neither is Tiktok. But the US Congress is still freaking out about it.
The US congress is freaking out about TikTok because of national security concerns about china potentially harvesting data on americans and influencing politics, not because TikTok is a monopoly.
This is not at all the same thing.