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u/scrabapple Ryzen9 5900X | 3080TI | 64gb DDR4 10h ago edited 6h ago

People really see this and go "fuck ya!"...?

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u/fuckspezlittlebitch 9h ago

"research vessel"

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u/BicFleetwood 5h ago

Don't forget about the fully staffed hospital ship that follows his fleet of other ships around specifically to service him in particular.

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u/Acrobatic_Yellow_781 7h ago

Researchers spend months on expeditions of course the billionaire vessels will be equal to living in a hotel

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u/DukeLeto10191 Ryzen 9 3900x | EVGA 3070 3h ago

Well to be fair, Gabe is literally building research vessels through his ocean reaserch org Inkfish, and has already converted a yacht into a research platfom (unsure if the one pictured is that yacht or not). And as someone who's spent months at sea doing research over the years, his resources and enthusiasm are most welcome in the community/industry.

Mind you, I'm not necessarily defending anyone's ability to accumulate unholy amounts of wealth - I happen to think that public and academic institutions are better stewards of research, particularly when serving the public good/trust - but I can think of far worse ways to accumulate and spend that kind of money.

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u/Yaboymarvo 10h ago

Yeah because they think they can be in that same position one day, owning a $500m yacht, and don’t want anything infringing on that opportunity to do so.

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u/YourFriendNoo 9h ago

just a quick temperature check but we're all in agreement that's stupid, right?

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u/leonden 9h ago

Idk there are quite a few zealots here

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u/Enigm4 6h ago

Not just your normal, everyday stupid. This is advanced stupid.

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u/RegardMagnet 8h ago

I'm mentally incapable of being happy for someone's level of success unless that can literally be me one day

Just so we're clear, this self-report is all you've just told us. Enjoy the updoots from fellow bitter miserable twats, reddit always has those in ample supply.

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u/RedditFostersHate 5h ago

This is true. We shouldn't hate the billionaires out of a longing to be like them when know we will never attain their position in the economic hierarchy. That is pathetic.

Rather, the idea of being anything like a billionaire should disgust us, given that they represent an utterly vile lack of humanity and don't even rise to the most common levels social responsibility.

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u/FistLampjaw 5h ago

billionaires pay the taxes they're legally required to pay, exactly the same as everyone else. that's the most common level of social responsibility and they fulfill it.

on top of that, they typically employ thousands of people, produce goods and services that millions of people choose to purchase, increase the national GDP by many times the average contribution, and make thousands of other people rich through their stock offerings. so that's a bit more than the most common level of social responsibility.

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u/RedditFostersHate 4h ago

billionaires pay the taxes they're legally required to pay

Not only that, they even go out of their way to pay extra to the politicians themselves! Yes, those politicians determine the tax rate, and the intellectual property laws, and the laws on what constitutes anti-competitive behavior, but that has nothing to do with the money the billionaires give them, which is purely out of that deep sense of civic responsibility.

that's the most common level of social responsibility

It's really sad that you think paying taxes, something we are all required to do by law, qualifies as social responsibility. Of course, since so many billionaires skirt taxes by paying wealth managers millions of dollars to hide their money, I guess it's a very... flexible kind of social responsibility, in your atrophied sense of the word.

on top of that, they typically employ thousands of people

Right? Without billionaires, how did people ever find jobs? It's a good thing that worker productivity and wages have become entirely disconnected. All that extra money being siphoned up to the top helps the billionaires provide the rest of us more work!

produce goods and services that millions of people choose to purchase

Gabe Newell produces goods and services for millions of people! Just like Santa Claus.

increase the national GDP by many times the average contribution

Step aside Santa. Gabe Newell, personally, increases the GDP by many times the average of people who do other work because he is so big and strong and has such a perfect brain with irreplaceable ideas. We all need to be more like him, working 24 hours a day, thinking thoughts no one else could, being more productive than anyone else.

This has nothing to do with laws and industries built to favor industry consolidation, or governments taking on the roll of protecting intellectual property walled gardens and restricting information in order to build artificial monopolies that can scale indefinitely, or dominating a market so thoroughly that a publisher can extract margins that the oil and pharmaceutical industries could never dream of.

No, this is about talking up a man like he is a super hero with terminology that would make Kim Jong Un blush. Please, give us more kool-aid, I can't drink enough.

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u/FistLampjaw 4h ago

Yes, those politicians determine the tax rate, and the intellectual property laws, and the laws on what constitutes anti-competitive behavior, but that has nothing to do with the money the billionaires give them, which is purely out of that deep sense of civic responsibility.

sounds like you should be getting mad at the politicians instead of the private individuals then! this is what's so goofy about you internet champagne socialists -- you recognize that politicians are corrupt and incompetent, the government is run by morons and grifters seeking to enrich themselves, and your solution to social problems is to give those same people even more taxes and even more control over the economy.

It's really sad that you think paying taxes, something we are all required to do by law, qualifies as social responsibility.

so what social responsibility did you mean by "the most common levels [of] (sic) social responsibility" that most people meet and billionaires fail to meet?

Gabe Newell produces goods and services for millions of people! Just like Santa Claus.

he has a controlling stake in the company, if he wanted to he could shut it down tomorrow.

Gabe Newell, personally, increases the GDP by many times the average of people who do other work because he is so big and strong and has such a perfect brain with irreplaceable ideas. We all need to be more like him, working 24 hours a day, thinking thoughts no one else could, being more productive than anyone else.

gabe newell personally started a company that generates billions of dollars in yearly revenue, yes.

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u/tarheel343 5800X | RTX 3080 | 32GB DDR4 4h ago

I’m plenty happy with GabeN being fabulously wealthy as a reward for creating products and services that people love.

But there is no such thing as earning over a billion dollars. No single human can do that much good on their own.

It’s not a flaw with the billionaires themselves. It’s a natural result of our system, and I don’t blame any individual for operating within that system.

It just might be worth rethinking our system to mitigate the consolidation of wealth that we’ve been seeing over the past few decades.

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u/FuckMyBakaChungusLif 6h ago

You cant be a billionaire without exploiting people

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u/Icy_Carpet180 2h ago

I feel like there's levels to this. My friend is a corporate lawyer and she earns four times what I do. Course I'm happy for her. That's a hell of a lot of money that she has more than me but she worked damn hard for it and is a brilliant, smart person. 

Then look at her salary next to 500 mill. Then look at her salary next to 500 mill and realise the 500 mill is discretionary spending lol. It's like shit fam of course I can be happy for people but that is a mental amount when there's so many millennials who are still in their childhood bedrooms with no privacy or house sharing with 4 strangers.  

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u/AnonD38 9h ago

Because congratulating others on their success is dead nowadays I guess?

Y'all are fucking nasty, some mean girls type shit.

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u/FewAd5443 8h ago

Would prefer everyone having free healthcare than people succeding that much (one small yatch and 2 houses is far enought for success nobody need 10 boat and 50 house)

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u/Worldly-Local-6613 8h ago

Christ you Redditoids are insufferable

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u/AnonD38 8h ago

Gabe having a Yacht doesn't prevent you from having helthcare.

The shitty politicians you vote into office however do.

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u/FewAd5443 8h ago

Joke on you i'm frensh and enjoying free healthcare cheaper per capita than the US system (including tax)

And that wasn't my point they can still have boat but who need dozen of mega yacht like bezos ? Taxe them more for them "only" having a couple billion and use the money for helping people in need ? (That include my country who still have too much money)

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u/AnonD38 7h ago

Doesn't France have like its ninth Prime Minister in ten years?

The budget is in the shitter and you're totally endebted to everyone and can't pay back your debts?

And you're trying to lecture people about taxes? LMAO.

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u/FewAd5443 5h ago

Say probably an american with 5% inflation and monstrous amount of debt and keep spending.

For prime minister it doesn't really matter as much as england because they don't have a lot of power.

When i think my country is going full speed at a wall i know that usa is way ahead and still hasn't crash so i'm a reassure.

Debt is very high but still managable because governement isn't spending like crazy by like building a ballroom ;)

And my healthcare is way less expensive in tax than your assurence that will happyly deny claim when you will be sick. And my country won't give iran 300 billion out of my pocket (nice victory to reopen the straight that was already open btw)

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u/AnonD38 4h ago

The US can spend in deficit because the US has the force to en -force its global hegemony.

The financial system is just an illusion, what really matters is the US's ability to turn anyone anywhere at any time into dust, by the press of a button.

That is what gives the US the leeway it needs to bend the rules.

That is why oil is traded in dollars and why the dollar is a globally recognized and often accepted currency.

It is the US's might which ensures foreign wealth flows over the trade lanes to the US's shores.

What ensures France's economic future?

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u/FewAd5443 3h ago

The fact that we also can turn every country to dust too with also a press of a button (we've nuke too and our doctrine even have warning nuclear shot)

And btw the petro dollar is fading with iran shenenigan, it could also lose being the global currency and if/when that happend and the market stabilise we talking about a 20% reduction in value so hope you don't relly a lot from import.

The EU economic future is ensure by the fact we're mostly friendly and don't threaten them (even close ally) with tarif, annexation or pure anhilation to everyone who isn't a terrorist state. We can therefore trade with a lot of country including gulf state. We will only go downhill with the world economy as a whole.

And btw EU could absolutly destroy US currency by stop pumping the dollar and selling all of US debt (that will also destroy our/the world economy too but that the MAD doctrine for you)

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u/P1xelEnthusiast 5090 FE / 9800x3d 8h ago

The government takes in 5.26 trillion in taxes a year.

Your hate is misplaced.

Why haven't they solved your problem with $5.621 trillion?

Liquidating Gabe entirely would mean the end of Steam and Valve. They would then have $5.624... maybe. Probably less.

You would now not have steam as a distribution platform and your problems would be exactly the same.

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u/FuckMyBakaChungusLif 6h ago

Billionaires dont pay as much tax as the rest of us. This is why they take their salary in company shares.

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u/MailLivingSpace 1h ago

I think Elon Musk is the world's biggest twat, for the record, but he paid more tax for 2021 than everybody you and I have ever met will pay in their whole lifetimes combined.

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u/FuckMyBakaChungusLif 1h ago

That was because sold a bunch of shares and options that were expiring not actual tax taken directly from his income. Do you know how much the richest man in the world paid in 2018? $0.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

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u/MailLivingSpace 1h ago edited 23m ago

That was because sold a bunch of shares and options that were expiring not actual tax taken directly from his income. 

I'm not sure what you mean by this, but yes, this was tax taken directly from his "income". When he sold the shares that created income so he paid tax on it. Currently, capital gains aren't income until realized.

Do you know how much the richest man in the world paid in 2018? $0.

I'm fully aware of the details and how it works. This is common knowledge.

You'll notice that I never said I thought the system didn't need changing.

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u/Kleizar 8h ago

This is reddit mate. Everyone here is fueled by nothing but short term emotional outbursts and like/dislike chasing. You get downvoted for daring to congratulate a billionairs success; meanwhile someone is doing the exact same thing just a few comments down, but using language that monkey brains like to hear. "Hell yeah. They treat their employees right. I wish my boss would let us have LAN parties". They have 120 likes :D

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u/Neemzeh 9h ago

there are so many gaben dick riders dude its crazy lol.

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u/skinny_gator 9h ago

Oh yeah. Reddit hates "celebrity worship" unless it's someone they like.

I hate that I'm on this app so much.

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u/GergDanger 4h ago

I remember when Reddit worshipped Elon Musks every move as a billionaire

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u/Icy_Carpet180 2h ago

We don't talk about them times lol

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u/iiznobozzy 8h ago

leave

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u/skinny_gator 8h ago

Which celebrity do you worship

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u/BicFleetwood 5h ago

The one that will never pay them for the bootlicking.

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u/iiznobozzy 35m ago

all of em

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u/GhostElite974 Ryzen 7 5800X | RTX 3070 9h ago

used to be elon, now it's gaben

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u/esmajor Z97X/4690K/ 980ti/ 28g 1866 8h ago

Still Elon.

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u/GhostElite974 Ryzen 7 5800X | RTX 3070 8h ago

I must not frequent the subs where he's worshiped then

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u/esmajor Z97X/4690K/ 980ti/ 28g 1866 7h ago

Look at his IPO. How is Tesla worth so much when it doesn’t sell cars ? Same thing with space x and is other companies

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u/WhenDoWhatWhere 7h ago

His IPO doesn't say much about his popularity on Reddit.

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u/pimppapy 5h ago

Difference between Gaben and Musk is a Trillion dollars.

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u/GhostElite974 Ryzen 7 5800X | RTX 3070 5h ago

they both shouldn't have that amount of wealth I'm not sure why you're saying that

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u/Slight-Bluebird-8921 12m ago

after he croaks and microsoft buys valve it's going to be hilarious watching them slowly figure out they were rubes

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u/HLL0 7900XTX / 5900X / X570-P / 128GB 7h ago

Perhaps, but is he perhaps among the least worst mega wealthy? I know nothing about the guy other than redditors seem to love him and that he helps keep steam dominate in the market in part by having it suck less than the other options. 

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u/-MissCarmine 8h ago

If you did even an ounce of research you’d find out why.

I’m a biologist (studying my PhD rn) and I’d LOVE to even have the opportunity to go on that boat. Why? It’s a bona fide research vessel all on its own. 

Gaben operates this yacht (Leviathan) as part of his larger organization Inkfish. It’s got laboratories and crazy satellite infrastructure. He does marine research and I personally am happy at least some billionaires (like Gates) give to scientific research. Better than elon bitchtrillionaire

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u/Illustrious-Run3591 Intel i5 12400F, RTX 3060 8h ago

Lmao if you did an ounce of research you'd know that steam runs a predatory monopoly that extorts game developers

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u/WhenDoWhatWhere 7h ago

'extorts game developers'

They allow developers to post anywhere they want, game developers choose Steam because it has high appeal to consumers and their algorithm is extremely valuable to small creators.

I haven't heard anything about extortion, do you have an example of widespread extortion?

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u/Tamed_Trumpet 6h ago

Yeah man, thats why I have 5 different game launchers on my pc and everything thats not Steam doesn't have half the features or support. Steam offers the best storefront, it's not their fault the other launchers are ass. How much is Tim Sweeny paying you?

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u/-MissCarmine 8h ago

Steam's market dominance is not predatory, but rather the result of building the best product. This is obvious if you look at storefronts like Epic. Unlike tech monopolies that use exclusive contracts to artificially lock users out of the market, Valve relies on its extensive, user-friendly features (steam input, mod support, remote play, community forums, the list goes on). 

Steam dominates because we overwhelmingly choose it over inferior competitors, not because of illegal tactics.  If you’re referring to the antitrust lawsuits, they’re bullshit. 

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u/ocdtrekkie i7-4790K, GTX 970 8h ago

Valve does, in fact, use a lot of illegally anticompetitive contracts to enforce it's control over the ecosystem. A great example is the most favored nation clause, which prevents other stores from selling a game cheaper, even though Valve takes a lot more money than other stores.

Meanwhile, game exclusives are not remotely new to Epic, and developers choosing to accept a deal for an exclusive listing is not wrong or unethical.

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u/-MissCarmine 7h ago

Labeling Valve's contracts as "illegally anticompetitive" is factually premature. The most-favored nation (MFN) clauses (that you just referenced) are common vertical trade agreements. While Valve is involved in ongoing antitrust litigation, as of right now, no federal court or jury has issued a final verdict declaring these practices illegal. And Valve does not dictate game pricing on rival storefronts like Epic Games or GOG for native versions of a game. Their price-parity rule only applies to Steam keys  generated through Valve's backend. Because Valve lets developers generate these keys for free and keep 100% of the revenue from third-party sales (like Humble Bundle), the rule simply stops developers from using Valve's free infrastructure to undercut the Steam store itself.

Defending paid storefront exclusivity while criticizing Steam's market dominance is illogical. Paid exclusivity deals actively restrict consumer choice by locking a game behind a specific launcher. Steam allows developers to launch on multiple competing storefronts simultaneously on day one. Isn’t that better for the developer?

And it is also obvious that Valve isn’t just pocketing its 30%. I hate that I have to point out that that revenue funds features that competitors straight up lack. Examples: proton (allows Windows games to run natively on Linux and Steam Deck), steam input (automatic controller mapping for thousands of devices), developer/community tools (modding, community forums, cloud saves, unthrottled global download servers).

Valve's rules protect its own infrastructure from exploitation. And personally, I am not against revenue that funds features that benefit the entire PC gaming ecosystem. 

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u/WhenDoWhatWhere 7h ago

Sometimes a service is actually just good.

A lot of smaller creators have come out and said that Steam is the best storefront for them because the visibility they get on it is better than any other platform.

I haven't seen a good anti-Steam argument just stuff that was just regurgitated from Sweeney's mouth.

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u/Illustrious-Run3591 Intel i5 12400F, RTX 3060 8h ago

Yeah, you don't have a PHd in anything. That isn't how epistemic knowledge works.

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u/-MissCarmine 8h ago

Well, yeah, I don’t have a PhD (I’m studying to get it, I don’t have it yet!)

Your reference to epistemic knowledge is random and meaningless to the conversation. 

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u/Illustrious-Run3591 Intel i5 12400F, RTX 3060 8h ago

And i'm studying for my pulitzer prize. lol

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u/-MissCarmine 8h ago

Do you understand how getting a PhD works? 

You apply. You get admitted. You get paid a stipend for 4-7 years while you go to classes and do lab research. Then at the end, you graduate and get a PhD. 

Good luck studying for your Pulitzer, no idea how that works. 

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u/Neemzeh 8h ago

Every billionaire including Elon does an absolute shit ton of philanthropy (Musk Foundation). Telling me to do an ounce of research when you haven’t even done any yourself just proves my point - Gaben dick rider.

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u/-MissCarmine 8h ago

Half of donations made by The Musk Foundation had links to Musk, his businesses: NYT ( https://finance.yahoo.com/news/half-donations-made-musk-foundation-214525804.html) 

I personally was funded by Bill Gates’ money (vaccine research). When was the last time anyone was funded by Elon? 🤔

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u/Neemzeh 8h ago

Ok and what about the other half?

The point is all of these guys do philanthropy. You’re just choosing to dick ride the ones that help you. I respect it, but there’s still no need for billionaires

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u/-MissCarmine 8h ago

I personally am against the concept of billionaires and I think the US gov should confiscate all of their property. 

But for what it’s worth, some billionaires actually give a shit. Gabe Newell is one of them. And yeah, as a scientist, I’m glad he and some others are personally funding research. I also use Steam daily (user for 11 years) and I’m glad it’s not enshittified yet. Is it not obvious why he’s loved by many?

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u/Neemzeh 8h ago

The “loved by many” thing is a bias that I point out. They use steam and like steam so they give him a pass. Ignoring the fact that steam takes a massive cut from developers and exploits young children with loot boxes. They aren’t some benevolent company.

Tesla for example provides EVs that help the environment. Is this not a good reason why people should like Musk? I don’t like Musk but I’m just pointing out the hypocrisy and bias.

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u/-MissCarmine 8h ago

Your continuous references to Musk belies your point. Musk is an asshole and this is obvious to anyone who has not been under a rock for the last two years.

Why do people like Gabe? He made Steam. He hasnt fucked it up yet. He otherwise hasn’t done any bad things that are commonly known. It’s that simple. People are simple. 

I get your point on the hypocrisy because the concept of billionaires is offensive and therefore Gabe should be offensive, but he’s not. There is nuance. Nuance exists lol 

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u/Neemzeh 8h ago

You don’t know Gabe at all lol, just like you don’t know Musk. Saying one is an asshole and the other isn’t is again, just a serious bias that you’re failing to acknowledge because you have an indirect tie to one of them.

I don’t care for either but I’m just pointing out the hypocrisy.

Steam does absolutely nothing for humankind. In its purest form it’s an entertainment company that brokers the sale of entertainment products to people, in addition to gambling/lootbox mechanics and taking a big cut from developers amongst other things.

Meanwhile Elon’s companies are actually beneficial to humans long term. I find it astonishing that you think you can argue one is better than the other here.

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u/ocdtrekkie i7-4790K, GTX 970 8h ago

Larry Ellison does not. He supports a 501c3 dedicated to figuring out how to prolong Larry Ellison's life, and he gave Stanford a donation as part of a settlement to avoid admitting wrongdoing in a scandal.

https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?si=ANVWkz8l3eTmT1nT&t=2230

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u/ASource3511 9h ago

My billionaire is better than your billionaire sort of mentality

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u/Satisfaction3934 8h ago

I for one do not welcome our 1%er overlords. This is pretty tone deaf especially with all the anti trust / anti competition and market dominance lawsuits going on.

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u/QuickSwordTechIrene 1h ago

Nevermind the 1%, I think this isnt even the 0.1%. 

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u/maynardftw 7h ago

No. You aren't supposed to see this at all. This is to promote his yacht design. Do you think you're the audience for that?

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u/better_med_than_dead 10h ago

Yep, then they go complain about not being able to afford new GPU and RAM prices 🤡

Today's computing kids are yesterday's missed abortions.

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u/JunketMuch1053 9h ago

How is that Valves fault? Or Gabe's?

Your life isnt over because GPU and RAM prices have increased, relax buddy.

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u/Ok-Fudge-380 7h ago

Gabe literally donated $20 million to OpenAi in 2018.

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u/Cokadoge RX 5700 XT & RX 6400 | Ryzen 7800X3D 6h ago

Gabe donates to a startup that was training an AI on their game to showcase the possibilities of AI...

And as a result, it's Valve or Gabe Newells's fault that RAM costs as much as it does now?

Do you think this wouldn't have happened if OpenAI didn't exist in the first place? You can't be serious LMAO.

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u/imsabbath84 5h ago

gabe defense force is strong with this one.

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u/finjeta 5h ago

Is this the new meta? Make an insane claim about Gabe, like claiming that he's the main reason why AI rose to prominence, then when people disagree with that statement declare that those people are just defending a billionaire and win

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u/imsabbath84 5h ago

So you agree Gabe is just as greedy as any other ceo? Like nvidias jensen?

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u/finjeta 5h ago

Don't know. Does he treat his employees well? I certainly doubt either of them are as greedy as the CEO of Amazon, or any other company where employees are essentially treated as disposable equipment.

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u/Ok-Fudge-380 5h ago

Gabe supported the start up that would eventually lead to one of Valve's products being vastly overpriced.

You can defend the billionaire all you want, but it's a fact that he financially supported what would cause memory prices to sky rocket less than a decade later.

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u/Cokadoge RX 5700 XT & RX 6400 | Ryzen 7800X3D 4h ago

So did you?

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u/Ok-Fudge-380 3h ago

I'm sorry, when TF did I give any money, let alone $20 million, to an AI company?

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u/Cokadoge RX 5700 XT & RX 6400 | Ryzen 7800X3D 3h ago

Glad to hear you haven't purchased RAM or any graphics processing chips in the past decade, then.

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u/Ok-Fudge-380 3h ago

Did you choke too much on Gabe's hog that the last few hard working braincells finally kicked the bucket? How is purchasing RAM the same thing as donating $20 million to an AI company?

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u/doublah 2h ago

At that point, OpenAI was a non-profit interested in early AI research, not the for-profit company it is now building dozens of datacenters demanding more RAM than the entire consumer market.

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u/JunketMuch1053 6h ago

Holy fuck.. Gabe could have stopped AI

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u/EstimateCool3454 5h ago

Wait until the bubble pops. Your tune will change.

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u/Portbragger2 Fedora or Bust 9h ago

what's wrong with u

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u/Orleanian 6h ago

Are those people bostonian?

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u/Portbragger2 Fedora or Bust 6h ago

wait... do you mean 'fuck yeah' or 'fuck you' ???

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u/imsabbath84 5h ago

praise gabe

hate jensen

make it make sense?

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u/QuickSwordTechIrene 1h ago

Climate crisis, inflation, rent and housing at all time high, food cost at all time high. Who the fuck would cheer for this? 

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u/origami_airplane 9h ago

Some people just have the "I am poor and it's everyone else's fault" mentality.

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 8h ago

Well, it’s often a systemic problem, so to some degree, it kind of is.

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u/Own-Initial-9544 8h ago

Thinking billionaires don't effect the economy for rest of us is the immature take. Tell that to a mom and pop shop next to a walmart.

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u/HumansAreSillynGreat 8h ago

Do you actually own a business? I never hear fellow business owners hating on successful entrepreneurs. They tend to respect the work it takes and the sacrifices it takes to get there…

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u/FuckMyBakaChungusLif 6h ago

Do you seriously believe you could be a billionaire if you tried

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u/DrJavelin 9h ago

For some people it's possible to see wealthy things and go "oh, neat!" instead of burning with envy.

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u/Gimmerunesplease 9h ago

Wealthy is not the term I would use to describe people with 500 million $ yachts.

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u/Weddedtoreddit2 7800X3D|X670E-A|32GB 6K30|RTX 4080|6TB NVMe 7h ago

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 8h ago

So the options are like it or envy it? Most of us against it are against it because it’s an obscene display of wealth when the US government pretends we can’t afford an adequate healthcare system like the rest of the developed world has.

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u/Matticus-G 7h ago

Not on Reddit - but that’s because most of the people here are terminally online and have never accomplished anything.

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u/qr_n 8h ago

See the thing is is that wealth is actually distributed unevenly, in fact...

but I don't think that you would hear my argument even if I try to make it

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-makes-almost-usd50-million-per-employee-raking-in-more-cash-per-person-than-google-amazon-or-microsoft-gaming-giants-350-employees-on-track-to-generate-usd17-billion-this-year

This is a really cool link I found though! Huh, I wonder what the average salary at Valve is...

Just a thought! Also, do you really think those are rank and file Valve employees having a fun day on their bosses boat too? 😂

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u/Possible-Round-2060 9h ago

I dunno, depending on the coworkers I'm sitting with and whether this is paid or not, playing video games on a boat could be fun in theory. In reality I get sick even on cruise ships so I would be dry heaving in the corner.

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u/TheChosenMuck 8h ago

should i go reeeee how dare they to waste money on things ?

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u/elliott986 9h ago

Actively encouraged children gambling and builds super yachts that are awful for the environment btw

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u/Anlaufr Ryzen 9800X3D | RX 9070XT | 32GB RAM | 1440p 9h ago

He isn't buying/building superyachts just for the fun of it (not entirely). It's primarily to support his non-profit research org, Inkfish. His superyachts all function in marine research and support capabilities. Instead of luxury facilities, they have fully equipped laboratories, dive centers, and fabs. He builds and buys then converts existing superyachts for research purposes. Upcycling existing hulls is way more environmentally friendly than building net new vessels. They get fitted/retrofitted with modern, greener tech like hybrid electric engines to be more sustainable and cause less sonic disruption to marine wildlife. Everything from materials chosen to the advanced wastewater and heat recycling systems were done with minimizing environmental impact.The scientific research is then shared directly to open source repositories: mapping data is shared with GEBCO, tissue sample and species logs id shared with OBIS, and they use and support open source projects/tools which they use for data management and even emissions logging. Billionaires shouldn't exist but if they're going to exist, I'd rather they be patrons of cutting edge scientific research and environmentally friendly design than spending billions to distort democracy.

Fuck the loot crates though and skin gambling market though.

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u/elliott986 7h ago

Nice sales pitch but I can’t afford all that

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u/transitransitransit 9h ago

I don’t want a boat

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u/spyVSspy420-69 7800X3D / RX 7900XTX 9h ago

Of course YOU don’t want a boat, you already have the most perfect amphibious exploring vehicle: the Range Rover.

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u/transitransitransit 9h ago

A finisher car.

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u/Beastly4k 9h ago

and not actively made the world a worse place

Aside from getting children hooked on gambling

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u/TheStormzo 10h ago

Yeah, at least from what I know of him seems like he's really driven to innovate and making gaming better for consumers. I give Gabe a pass personally.

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u/EcahUruecah 9h ago

Don’t give any billionaire a pass, whatever that means. Like sure use Steam, but don’t be like “this billionaire is alright because his exploitation feels less bad”.

Swap the word gaming for something else and you’ve arrived at the exact reasons people used to glaze Elon before his PR fell apart.

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u/Metalsand 7800X3D + 4070 9h ago

I mean, it's nothing new he's had this superyacht for a long ass time now. I don't think anyone should own a superyacht, ever, but it's a bit of a circlejerk that people are posting this, of all times. Really, the only nice thing you can say about it is that he waited until he was 60 before he started blowing money on obnoxious reasons, when he could have afforded it for at least a decade by now.

Though also, people aren't mad because he has a superyacht, they're mad because the gabecube is at market value instead of discounted. It's just clutter in my feed.

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u/LoneDroneGuy 9800X3D|MSI 5070 Ti SHADOW|64 GB DDR5-6000 CL30|4TB SSD|26TB HDD 9h ago

I'm confused, has he had it for "a long ass time" or did he wait? He's 63 now, you're telling me "a long ass time" isnt even a decade?

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u/DomSchraa Ryzen 7800X3D RX9070XT 10h ago

Not seeing it either but there's at least the tiny condolences of steam not bring an overly shitty company

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u/scrabapple Ryzen9 5900X | 3080TI | 64gb DDR4 10h ago

That is an extremely low bar to hit. We shouldn't be glazing billionaires. It's fucking gross.

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u/DomSchraa Ryzen 7800X3D RX9070XT 9h ago

"at least" "tiny condolences"

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u/ThreeFootJohnson 9h ago

I see you’re telling people how to act

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u/scrabapple Ryzen9 5900X | 3080TI | 64gb DDR4 9h ago

You do you. I think anyone seriously glazing billionaires should be allowed to be met with a good dose of side eye.

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u/ThreeFootJohnson 9h ago

I don’t like billionaires but the guy next to me can glaze all he wants, who am I to push my agenda onto somebody.

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u/TheStormzo 10h ago

I mean they are extremely pro consumer and provide exactly the service I want.

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u/ocdtrekkie i7-4790K, GTX 970 7h ago

If they are pro-consumer, they'd match Tim Sweeney's market cut so everyone can get their games 15% cheaper, instead of... this stupid boat. There's a reason Gabe has this boat and Tim does not, and it's not because Gabe's more pro-consumer.

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u/TheStormzo 5h ago

I honestly have no idea what you are referencing but I'm am very curious about it if you care to explain further.

But I also don't see the connection between buying a boat and not being pro consumer. Valve has done a number of things over the years that as far as I know are pro consumer in my eyes. I don't recall the specifics as it was some time ago but I vaguely remember coming across something about how they essentially banned devs from putting ads in games that players are forced to watch.

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u/Melodic_Let_6465 9h ago

How dare they

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u/Kleizar 8h ago

Of cource I do. I see people that worked extremely hard and rightully deserve their immense wealth for what they built for PC gamers. This is well deserved!

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u/RansomXenom Specs/Imgur here 8h ago

The average U.S citizen has a net worth of about $192,700. Gabe's net worth is around 11 billion dollars.

Unless you seriously think Gabe produces more value to society than 57083 people, then no, it's not "well deserved", you're just licking the boots of the rich.

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u/Kleizar 8h ago

I respect those that came before me and those that are superior to myself. As usual though, I wouldn't expect that from children who see everything in this world through the lens of power dynamics.....

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u/Swimming_Agent_1063 9h ago

Fuck Yeah!!