Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by hgs3 on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:40PM
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I agree. Valve is one of the few companies I would deem "good" or at least not evil. I suspect this is because the company is privately owned and their CEO, Gabe Newell, is a software engineer and not an MBA. He's also a hardcore gamer which means he's a user of the end product like the rest of us.
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Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by hef19898 on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:46PM
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Agree, except the bit about MBAs. After all, some of the worst scandals in the last two decades where driven and caused by pure-blood engineers.
Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by bee_rider on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:55PM
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I like Steam. It is much better than pretty much every other game store platform thingy.
I do sort of wonder—Valve is notoriously slow with their development. Maybe that’s an advantage for a platform developer. They seems to make surprisingly few shit moves, but then, they also don’t make many moves at all. Either they are on the same enshittification trajectory as everybody else, just moving along more slowly. Or they can see the other platforms steal their ideas, sprint ahead in to shitsville, and say “ok let’s not do that.”
Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by red-iron-pine on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @12:40PM
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Small org + a huge and VERY responsive -- often negatively -- user base.
Some dude will run roughshod over the worst potholes and never say a peep to city hall (or even vote), but if their copy of Steam crashes twice a week they'll get on every platform known to man and complain.
Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by fbdab103 on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:35PM
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Which is why I am fearful of the future. When Gabe retires, what happens then? I suspect Microsoft/Google/EA/anybody have already offered sweet-heart billion dollar acquisitions offers. Will the next CEO continue to turn down those deals?