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Re:Spotify CEO Daniel Ek blames his 1,500 job cuts on fake w... by lightspot21 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @03:49PM (#38618290)
> Also, the Steam client has to be one of the most stagnant applications I ever had the pleasure of using, not sure that makes Valve super efficient.

If said software is fit for purpose already, why the need to induce frivolous change for the sake of changes themselves? If permanent stagnancy is bad, perpetual change is equally bad IMHO.

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Re:Spotify CEO Daniel Ek blames his 1,500 job cuts on fake w... by JambalayaJim on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @05:05PM (#38619336)
In my experience Steam is slow and crashes often. I don’t generally care about UI updates (which Steam does actually have)
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