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Re:Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now S... by slau on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:43PM (#50344249)
> with consumer friendly policies

Only up to a certain point. Valve still doesn’t recognise inheritance and people dying as a very real thing.

They expect families to just throw away dad’s login details because he died.

I understand that this is most likely the licensing legalese they have in place that forces it this way, but it really is time that someone in the EU took Valve to court to test this.

Re:Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now S... by dpoloncsak on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:19AM (#50351630)
I'm in no way trying to white-knight them or say they're perfect. Valve might literally be the origin of Loot-boxes in video games, a mechanic that's essentially a slot machine in disguise, and packages it to children.

I just think they're currently top of the class, all things considered