And the reason for their interest has nothing to do with Microsoft’s game studio acquisitions, and everything to do with Microsoft’s attempts to lock down the Windows ecosystem back in the Windows 8/RT days.
Both of them.
If you don’t want to use their platform, you don’t have to.
Exactly, don’t use it
Usually. But the fact that Valve’s interests align with the benefits of its userbase isn’t a bad thing.
My interests are in free, open source and decentralized platforms. What about yours?
Making money isn’t a crime
Making billions is a crime because there is no good way to do it, you have to be greedy and use shady methods to gain so much money. Valve promotes gambling to kids and makes a billion a year on microtransactions.
You seem to have a strange hatred towards Valve for simply existing.
Billionares and corporations do not simply exist, they are built on the exploitation of others
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Between 2003 (the launch of Steam on Windows) and 2013 (the launch of Steam on Linux) Microsoft acquired two game studios. Whereas in 2018 alone (the start of their acquisition spree) they acquired six.
Well, I want to use it. There is no better game store with as many good deals, and that supports Linux.
Show me a game store that supports Linux with a good selection of games of modern and major game titles.
Also, Steam directly supports and funds a plethora of open source tools that benefit everyone.
Agreed, which is why I use Linux and support companies that also support Linux.
You’re right about 99.99+% of cases. And I’m not defending Valve as some altruistic company. But lumping in Valve with the likes of Amazon, Oracle, Nvidia, Monsanto, Elon Musk, etc, simply on the amount of money they make is desingenous at best, but frankly is insane.
You’re one of those people that have a militant mindset when it comes to FOSS that gives open source a weird and bad reputation.
Open source literally cannot exist without companies using it to make money. The majority of funding for things like development of Linux itself comes directly from donations from for-profit companies.
Say “hi” to Tim Sweeney. Tell him Canada is just fine without him moving here.
Hell, the historically two largest distributions by install count (Ubuntu and Fedora) are developed and maintained by for-profit companies.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 1 week ago
I suggest you to not play proprietary junk that belongs to evil corporations.
libregaming.org
libregamewiki.org/Main_Page
If you feel the urge to play to certain videogames and can’t resist you are probably addicted to these.
So do other evil corporations like microsoft and google. They do more damage than good.
Valve ceo owns more megayachts than bezos or elon musk and his company promotes gambling to kids and sell you games under DRMs.
They are just as bad
You are defending a billionare corporation, do you have any reputation at all?
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You have no idea what you’re talking about, and frankly you sound like a psycho.
Companies like EA make up a small fraction of the available games. Most of them are small studios with people who have a passion for making games.
Which proves my point that FOSS can’t exist in a vacuum. I hope your using the Hurd kernel, otherwise you’re still benefiting from and using the work of evil corporations!
He owns a shipyard. It’s a side passion of his. And most of his vessels serve a scientific purpose, like marine research.
He seems a bit like James Cameron in that sense. Cameron’s first passion was marine research, and he used his earnings from film production to fund his own research stuff.
There is NOTHING wrong with someone who made bank using their money for their passion. It means they keep they money flowing through the economy instead of just sitting in a bank account.
Then either you are ignorant of the world or have a child’s understand of things.
A bit, ya.
Yes, lots of people know me. Therefore I have a reputation.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Says the guy defending a corporation that promotes gambling to kids