Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by bombcar on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:06PM
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Isn't Valve privately held? If Gabe doesn't give a shit about "maximizing his shareholder value by enshittification" it won't occur.
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Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by lp0_on_fire on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:52PM
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We are very lucky that Valve is privately owned and that GabeN retains majority control (at least he did last I checked). He is famously "pro gamer" and IMO one of the main reasons Valve hasn't gone through enshittification (yet).
My fear is that once he goes, the bulwark goes with him.
Re:The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
by red-iron-pine on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @11:54AM
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Aye, it is. GabeN and a few others.
Also means they don't have to grind or worry about specific quarterly performance.
It shows -- the platform is generally pretty good. I've had grumbles, but compared to most of the other paid software I use, Steam still delivers -- even on Fedora Linux.
Proton in Linux is great, btw. Been able to run Cyberpunk 2077, Horizon ZD, and other major games with little to no issue. Shout out to the ProtonDB and WineDB -- if anything doesn't work they usually have the answers on how to fix.