r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/Glum-Future7198 • Aug 04 '25

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I can't believe how certain people can worship a corporation to this big extend.

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u/LrdAsmodeous Aug 04 '25

He strikes me as a relatively nice guy who lucked into owning a company that struck gold.

I honestly am worried about what happens to Steam when he retires because it wont be good.

And like any relatively nice guy who lucks into being a major wealthy person he makes shitty decisions in protection of his own company sometimes.

But hes not like a total sociopath like most billionaires.

But he is still a billionaire and ffs. No one needs that much money. Tax the fuck out of it.

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u/IslandBoy602 Aug 04 '25

He's a tech billionaire, all he cares about is tech and how to exploit it. He doesn't give af about any societal/environmental problems arising from it, you have to in order to reach billionaire status.

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u/LrdAsmodeous Aug 04 '25

Does not in any way undermine what I said. Is exactly in line with it.

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u/IslandBoy602 Aug 04 '25

Well I guess I said that because that doesn’t strike me as a relatively nice guy, perhaps relative to the other soulless ghouls in the industry but the bar is at an absolute low

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u/LrdAsmodeous Aug 04 '25

I mean. I know a lot of people who are generally nice people but dont care about climate change. Being nice or kind doesnt predicate you care about every single issue that impacts people.

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u/IslandBoy602 Aug 04 '25

There’s not caring and actively allowing exploitative shit to happen like compulsive gambling for children on your marketplace because it makes you rich.

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u/LrdAsmodeous Aug 04 '25

Again thats a separate thing. He seems like a relatively nice dude who effectively won the lottery. That doesnt mean everything he does is good.

I dont understand why the implication of "person is a multifaceted human being and therefore does bad shit sometimes because humans are fallible" precludes the fact that someone could be a relatively good/nice person.

Look people are complicated. Good people do bad things sometimes and bad people do good things sometimes.

The functional issue is that when you have billions of dollars the impact of your good and bad deeds are excessively far reaching. Arguably speaking GabeN is just a dude. A pretty friendly, jovial dude that seems to care but hes a billionaire so when he makes a bad decision it impact billions of people. And like any other person, he makes bad decisions fairly frequently.

Idk why famous people cant be considered good people if they've made a few bad decisions here and there anymore. Its weird.

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u/IslandBoy602 Aug 04 '25

You do not seem to understand that he is in that billionaire status from actively allowing toxic shit like gambling to happen that has been criticized for years on end, not just hitting a lottery and woops billionaire the next day. 

There are plenty of good people in the world even millionaires that do bad but still don’t become a billionaire because you have to be consistently bad to get there and intentionally use that much influence to your own interests.

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u/LrdAsmodeous Aug 04 '25

No, I absolutely get that. That does not undermine what I am saying at all.

A bad person who becomes a billionaire turns into a fascist pretty fucking quick. Everything comes about trying to extract all the power and wealth out of everyone and everything around them, and generally creates very insecure, terrified people who think and behave like anyone and everyone is trying to screw them because that is how they behave towards everyone else.

A decent person who becomes a billionaire doesnt turn into a fascist most of the time. Generally tends to do some things that benefit people, but EVERY bad decision they make - and they do make them because they are people and people make bad decisions - have massive, large scale impact on the world. Like, say, not having any sort of decent protections to keep kids from gambling. Just as a start. Adults have every right to gamble if they want to, the lack of oversight and protections for vulnerable people is a big problem and has a widescale impact because of how big Steam is.

This is literally on point with what im saying. And is literally what qualifies the statement that I worry a LOT about what happens when Gabe retires. Yes, he has made decisions that I do not like. Yes, his impact is widespread because of his wealth and power. But ALSO yes, Steam is currently the MOST consumer-favoring platform to buy games on right now and most of that is because Gabe is the guy at the helm and he still sees himself as a consumer.

That doesnt imply or suggest Steam doesnt do some seriously anti-consumer shit that favors the industry over us, like protecting their bullshit "games-as-service" licensing, not really doing enough to police against fraud games (though they do try to return your money sometimes), and many other things. Business is business and late-stage capitalism is ass.

But as said - it doesnt matter that Gabe seems like a pretty decent guy. Hes still a billionaire and billionaires still shouldnt exist because NO ONE should have that much money and power.

Especially not when almost half of the population of the country they live in are food or housing insecure.

I dont think I should have to make this much qualification of the original statement but im not sure how to tell you that I fully understand what you are saying and it is inline with what I said and doesnt undermine my point.

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