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Anon is a fan of GabeN (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 38 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Step 1. Make a good product
Step 2. Corner the market
Step 3. Build up good will
Step 4. ...?
Step 5. Keep building up good will

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Step 4 is "buy the company that builds the yachts you like"

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Which is not great, but is a lot better than actively destroying the fabric of the society, like all other billionaires are doing.

[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Lol everyone always gets mad that dude has yachts.

Do you think that the CEOs of Microsoft and Sony don't have yachts?

So that's something they have in common. But consumer good will and overall happiness with the service isn't. Only one of the companies have that distinction and you know which one it is.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The dude bought the yacht company.

He doesn't just "have yachts".

Also, maybe you're not aware just how insanely expensive and wasteful it is to own even one yacht, let alone a fleet of them. It's honestly hard for normies like us to even wrap our heads around.

[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I agree with you its wasteful and I personally would never own one but it sounds like the dude actually likes the whole sea scene and scuba dives and stuff like that a lot.

A quote from him about it: "This isn’t about buying a yacht company. It’s about plugging into a tribe of builders, dreamers, sailors, creatives and engineers—and seeing what kind of future they can shape when no one’s holding them back. This isn’t a transaction. It’s ignition."

So it really just sounds like he bought a company with a hobby he's interested in to make more money and be a part of the hands on experience with it. That's the same thing he did when he made Steam except he didn't buy it he made it.

I still think yachts are insane and some absolute let them eat cake tier of rich bullshit but I don't hate the guy for buying a company he seems interested in.

I'm not sucking his dick or anything but the dude got rich by being the least shit bag to the paying customers of his service. That's more than I can say about almost every single other CEO alive at this point. So fuck it, let him have the yachts I guess.

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

The latest yacht is a research vessel - not a "party-cocaine-hookers" vessel. News articles accurately avoid mentioning that.

There are tons of things to hate on billionaiers. To be fucking fair, Gabe is the most benign out of the bunch.