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Anon delivers a prophecy

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨greentext@sh.itjust.works⁩

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  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just for the young’ns here, the image in the post is from a late 90s cartoon called Recess. Show is about a bunch of elementary schoolers and the one thing they look forward to at school: recess. They basically have roving kid gangs on the playground. Preschoolers are depicted as godless heathen barbarians not to be messed with. It’s a fantastic cartoon.

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    • jaaake@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah… that explanation was helpful to me because I’m… young…

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      • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I am also super young, fellow kids. 6-7 or whatever, right?

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    • SchadeMarmelade@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Loved that show back in the day. Your link might be borked, tho

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      • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Whoops!! I thought I pasted an IMDB link.

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    • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m Juuuust old enough to remember this cartoon, but was too young to really watch it

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    • generic_computers@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      SCANDALOUS!

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  • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My guy.

    They already profit on loot boxes

    Child gambling

    unfinished products

    AI slop

    Extortionate DLC programs

    Pre orders

    Season passes

    How else has GabeN been funding his son’s racing career. Those Aston Martins aren’t cheap.

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    • kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      AI slop

      I’d like to be clear what you’re referring to, because I only know two things Valve is allowing in that regard

      1. Games using GenAI are allowed on steam, but disclosure is required, which is a position I appreciate.
      2. Steam hosts promotion events organized by third parties, where banners are displayed, a special page is available, and a lot of games go on sale - in those events (and AFAIK, none of Valve’s own events) promotional art is displayed that is submitted by those third parties, and sometimes has blatant GenAI use

      Is there something else I’m unaware of? Because otherwise I guess it’s a matter of where you draw the line, because I’d still consider Steam the best platform available, and have to agree to disagree.

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      • Boozilla@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They said the trending thing and got reflexive upvotes. That’s all it was.

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      • boletus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The ai tag is only required for assets made with ai. You can vibe code your entire game and as long as the assets weren’t ai generated you don’t have to disclose AI usage.

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    • Jiral@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The point is that it could be worse, considerably worse. Yes, I know, the standards are low nowadays.

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      • TeaWithDani@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        As long as it stays private, it really doesn’t matter. Enshitification comes from public stockholdership, venture capital or private equity trying to get insane returns on overpriced assets.

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Newell
    pcgamer.com/gabe-newells-son-thinks-valve-needs-t…

    It’s more probably Doug Lombardi or Scott Lynch (COO?) that would take the reigns. Or it would probably turn into a co-op to be honest.

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    • kinkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      multiplayer company ownership

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      • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        funny but for reference : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative

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    • boatswain@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      FYI it’s “reins”, not “reigns”.

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      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Rain it in there buddy

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      • baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        jokes on you

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    • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      let’s hope they won’t turn it into an extraction shooter.

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    • snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think that would be best, like bobs red mill.

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    • deathmetal27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Have they ever said publicly their intention to become a cooperative?

      Though the way Valve operates, being a cooperative does sound plausible.

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      • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        nope. I am speculating, hence “probably”

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  • Boozilla@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m a big fan of Steam, but gog.com also exists, and people should always try to figure out how to preserve copies of their games and media in a self-hosted way wherever possible.

    I know with some games it’s not possible because of requiring signons, etc, but even those sometimes get cracked (people run their own WoW servers, etc).

    I always download and/or sideload everything I can. My e-books, my music, and my games.

    I have been negligent about shows and movies because once I watch them I tend to not watch them again. But, I have friends with extensive video libraries that they built up over the years.

    It’s harder now because storage is so fucking expensive. But don’t accept the default mode that your shit has to live in the cloud. The cloud is just somebody else’s storage.

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    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      With the direction things are going, it looks like GoG may get bought by someone else or just go bankrupt, sadly.

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I didn’t know it was called sideloading, I’ve been doing it for decades. Loaded my kids Kindle up with tons of books, he has an mp3 player I dumped a rip of all my favorited songs and ones he really likes, roughly 5,000 songs so far. My Plex is loaded up with newest movies immediately. We use stremio for tv series mostly.

      I’m going to make a guide for how to get all this stuff for himself soon, no reason it needs to die with me. The legend will continue.

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  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve always pondered what should be the contingencies if, eventually, Steam enshittifies because Gabe is gone. I would need a huge storage data to locally store my games.

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    • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Support good competitors like GoG

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    • sneaky@r.nf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Would there be a lot of roadblocks to installing them without the steam client?

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  • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Then its back to black jack and hookers, atleast those will be cheaper

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    • HornyQueenMiisha@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      hookers
      those will be cheaper

      I volunteer! I’m cheap. Working at Valve AND getting to be a hooker? I’ll do it for free :3 /s

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      • TechnicallyWrite@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You slut.

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  • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I guess one way to prevent that would be to create a nonprofit org with a very clear set of rules on how to run Valve going forward. Kinda like Rolex works today.

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Nonprofit” and “Valve” don’t belong in the same universe. Valve is and has been 100/ about making money, and it’s been very, very good at it. They behave like they do because they aren’t publicly traded, so there aren’t short-term investors wanting to pump the stock and bail out, so they look at actual long-term investment and profit strategies.

      People love Steam around here, but it was the beginning of modern enshittification of gaming. It was literally launched as a way to create an online activation requirement for a single-player game (Half Life 2), and they’ve fully-embraced lootbox mechanics for years.

      Gabe is a billionaire yacht collector, not your buddy. Public companies exist to drive up share value at all times. Valve exists to make Gabe more money.

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  • fuckemiquit@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If it actually got bad - would physical media come back full-force? Or would GOG be the go too?

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    • jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Probably GoG, itch.io, or just direct sales. A lot of companies aren’t set up for physical distribution, aren’t big enough to get their product into the retail channels, and/or would have a hard time selling internationally. Steam didn’t invent digital game sales, they just made it a little easier. I think the first game I bought online was around 2000 or 2001. It was DX-Ball 2 from Longbow Digital Arts (RIP Seumas McNally), along with a screensaver I loved that they’ve open sourced and I wish I could get it running on macOS and Linux. I was still in high school and didn’t have a credit card, so I paid using a postal money order. If developers were selling directly in the ’90s they can make it work again.

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      • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Forgive my ignorance, and I might come off as snobby.

        I see itch.io referenced often as an alternate game store but all I see on there are games that are super amateurish like a few notches above 2000s flash games. Am I not looking hard enough or are people happy playing those kinds of games?

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    • wagesj45@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      GOG is always the go-to. Steam only if you can't wait to play it or its multi-player.

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      • Seralth@piefed.seralth.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Gog feels like it’s one step form becoming a enshittified corporate hellscape half the time. And only by virtue of not having a dominant market position keeping it in check enough to not let it self go to shit.

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    • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh yeah let me just pull entire factory tooling and logistical supply chains out of my hat.

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  • FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I seriously doubt his son would not care about gaming. I’d have to hope Gabe has raised his kids to be as non-greedy as he is. He is one of the most ethical billionaires - probably the most ethical billionaire - that I know of 🤣

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    • tmyakal@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There’s no such thing as an ethical billionaire. Just because you like his monopoly does not mean he’s a good dude.

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    • BlackSwan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Never forget that Valve is single handedly responsible for Lootboxes being a thing having introduced them into TF2 and then CS:GO

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  • iuseasahibtw@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Gabe has kids?

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  • jdr@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    SO POOING

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  • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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    • nullspace@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can’t prove this post is AI, but if you told me it was I’d believe you.

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      • SGforce@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I thought that reply format looked familiar. I swear I’ve seen a bunch of different accounts describe a meme plainly like this and fuck it all up.

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      • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I put my heart and soul into that comment for like 20 mins, and now I am called a bot!?

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    • jdr@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Very wrong.

      Love,

      TJ Detweiler

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    • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      what

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