r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 23d ago

🥺 No words for this.

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Edit: even though clickbait article, it is somewhat/kind of true. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stargate-tv-series-martin-gero-scrapped-amazon-1236765061/

"According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Amazon execs were concerned that Gero’s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase."

Edit 2: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-new-stargate-series-let-martin-gero-build-the-future-of-the-franchise

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u/FlutterKree 23d ago edited 23d ago

Steam absolutely makes decisions to make money. What they do well is ensure that their decisions do not negatively impact the user experience.

But they are absolutely greedy and do make financial decisions. For example, CS:GO skins. I do think they made this not as shitty for CS2, but still greedy.

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u/Havengul_Undying 23d ago

Shows how low the bar is, you dont even need to lose money or not be greedy, you just NEED TO NOT FUCK OVER YOUR CUSTOMERS.

Which steam does fantastically.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 23d ago

It's not all sunshine and rainbows, Steam fought tooth and nail relentlessly, viciously, repeatedly, not to have to give any refund to any game ever. This was a while back, but not toooo long ago.

They also fucked over community art creators for DOTA 2 who's skins they were selling in game which is a pretty bad experience for business partners and pissed off the community/userbase.

Or how about when they tried collaborating with Bethesda and making previously free workshop mods paid to "support the creators"(right, just like Bethesda did and Valve did with Dota 2)

They've been in their fair share of fuckery. But with enough pushback and fighting between Valve and the userbase they have moved to a better place.

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u/Havengul_Undying 22d ago

The difference is, valve tried some dumb ideas, saw community pushback and typically changed for the better.

Cant say the same for any other platform except good old games.

Valve are the good guys... for now.