He doesn't abuse his power as much as most billionaires, but he certainly does abuse it.
He's not worthy of idolization, no billionaire is. No person is.
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Guy is manipulative, opportunistic, and greedy as fuck. Art from artist though. Steam would probably be more exploitative and harmful if someone else built it.
I very clearly remember asking myself“what the hell is Steam and why are they suddenly the authority on game stores?” when I first discovered Steam. Now my wishlist alone has nearly 400 items on it and my library is massive.
The difference with Gabe is that he’s quiet and keeps to himself. He’s not putting on Met gala pageantry bullshit, or trying to sway elections. That doesn’t mean he magically gets a pass, but he’s not actively trying to ruin our lives and the planet like Bezos, Musk, the entire Trump admin, and Thiel are.
Also, it's possible to not hold an extreme position for or against everything. Pretty easy to see he's better than others and also realize that doesn't make him "good."
Actually, Gabe owns a megayacht, and that wasn't big enough so he bought five other support yachts to complement it, with a total fleet value of roughly $1 billion.
He's just a regular gamer guy though, a man of the people that we should definitely spare from wealth inequality discussions, and simp for.
GabeN is a CEO, rich, probably greedy and has a yacht, but by all accounts he isn't a douchebag.
I don't simp for him, but he is different from most other billionaires in that he got rich doing what he loves and just kept doing it, and has kept his company on course on a mission that is, all things considered, pretty good for everyone involved (insofar a for-profit company is capable of such a thing).
His platform supports and allows a lot of gambling and turns a blind eye to children being sucked into their trap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q58dLWjRTBE
Quit simping for billionaires, fucking morons.
They have, since that post was made, banned skin gambling sponsors from being featured at all CS2 and Dota events: https://www.strafe.com/news/read/valve-bans-skin-gambling-sponsors-from-all-cs2-events/
They get points for correcting, but not enough to warrant praise.
"We've been promoting gambling to children for years, and not a single one of us thought that was bad until a Youtuber with a large following pointed that out to us. So we stopped."
Should be read
"Someone with the reach to hurt our bottom line spoke up"
Quit simping for billionaires, fucking morons.
If you read their comment and still thought they were doing that, you're the problem here.
He loves his yacht so much that he bought the yacht company.
Even if he's slightly less terrible, that doesn't make him the good guy.
He still got rich off of the labor of others. He isn't a good guy. He might be one of the least bad in terms of billionaires, sure. But he still isn't a good guy.
No, lol. Down with all CEOs 🏴🚩
Down with billionaires. You can be a CEO all you want, just have normal people money.
He might be on the list but he's down near the bottom.
probs down there with Costco's
If im talking with a fellow PC gamer we can criticize Gabe. But if im talking to any console gamer you can bet your ass I've armored up and defending my king. I wont accept any Gabe slander from a console gamer.
My goodness that’s lame
I doubt think you (the imaginary ps5 player im arguing with in my head) can say shit about steam when you have to pay a subscription to connect your computer to the internet.
Don't we all?
Not a second time, no.
Wow, hot take OP....
Nah, every billionaire needs a guillotine treatment. Including Gabe and Taylor. Everyone. There are no good ones, just slightly better.
Oh! I have bad news for the Schwifties out there. Chop!
Dr. Dre? Rhianna? Beyonce?
Chop! Chop! Chop!
Jimmy Buffet!?
Wait for it...
CHOP!!
And Paul McCartney! He still gets the chop. King fucker
And Bruce Springsteen
Wtf? Springsteen is a billionaire?
I know. What an asshole!
i would also accept josef fares on the bottom left