I check the front page of the newspaper for obituaries. The guy says they’re in the back. I tell them not the one I’m looking for.

What would you say is the percentage of people on this planet waiting to see him finally die, something like 98%?

Ligma.

We’re fucked, the Earth is still going to be here for billions more years.

The people we wouldn’t like would scurry away from there the second things look bad, so no need to bomb it. Just have to hunt them down with boots on the ground really.

Purposely making code and behind the door deals to exclude any browser development or success for years does, yes.

Steam didn’t destroy ownership of games, scuzzy business practices in the entire industry did. It also affects non-gaming software, movies, most media actually. It wasn’t Valve going “Let’s remove ownership!” In fact it has crept into the physical realm with right to repair and subscription services in cars.

So is Netflix a monopoly then because it wiped out video rental stores? It wasn’t Valve alone again, it was a collusion in the video game industry to go all digital to maximize profit and not have to make concessions to retailers. That’s why they also tried their own platforms.

Edit: You are again mistaking a successful business in a capitalist society with monopoly. Monopoly is again, the manipulation of market forces and regulatory control. Not I just do business better.

Hard not to feel targeted when they raise it right to the age you’re turning this year.

99.99999999999999999999999999999999% on anything above 1 million dollars. Bootstrap it billionaires.

I’m doing my part!

Nope on Microsoft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v./_Microsoft_Corp. It was restricting the web browser market.

Point two, it’s if they also hamper competition or capabilities to compete. Steam, as shown in this thread and how it operates, hasn’t done that. Now you can give a good thumb of the nose at Epic for their paid exclusives, but that didn’t get them anywhere toward dominating a market. Also, competition exists in various forms as well. It’s not monopolized.

I hate monopolies and no friend of big companies, but come at them with the right cudgel, not made up dross.

Had a kid tell me “Want a cheeseburger fatty” when I was trying to walk to lose weight. Lost all motivation because of that. So if you shame fat people, you’re an asshole making it worse.

Gabe Newell is still a billionaire and thusly a piece of shit. Just that one the list of billionaires he’s on the lower end of ones needing rectifying.

Yep, fair enough.

Don’t fucking scare me like that!

When I think of monopolies, I think more of telecomms, of Wal-Mart and their selling at a lose to kill off competition, Microsoft purposely hindering the ability for competing software, and other examples. Unless I’m missing something, Steam didn’t do that, they were just first in the game and built a better product than the others did. Offering a better service that attracted customers. Now do I think it’s too large and would welcome competition, absolutely. But monopolies typically aren’t though just having larger market share with a better product.

If Steam did something like oh, pay developers/publishers to be exclusive to their platform, then yeah you’d have a good argument there.

The fact he didn’t try to get him fired is not helping Democrat neo-liberal’s case of being paid opposition.

Dead Internet Theory is no longer really a theory, it’s happening in real time.

If they’re a myth, why make a law against a supposed myth? Oh, it’s a talking point of you wanting to make them a myth. Republicans are a myth.

A tear runs down Kirk’s cheek as he looks up at us.

Gaming is the thing, I have kept my ear to the ground and gaming is much better than it was but it’s still a bit to go. I have a streaming laptop I no longer use, I may put Ubuntu or something on there. Test it out. I have some familiarity with Linux but my understanding the user experience has gotten a lot better since 10+ years ago.