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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I will switch to GOG or any other store the second they officially support and fund Linux gaming.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Billionaire worship is so cringe. People are acting like this guy is a god just because he sells them video games. This guy might be the most evil billionaire as he sells gambling to children and manchildren.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How Newellโ€™s latest yacht? They still allow gambling in CS? Cool cool, nothing to see here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

At least he had the underdog story having companies try to beat him down.

Still unsure if he came from generational wealth, but at least there's a story there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Doesnโ€™t every budding company face competition when they grow? I donโ€™t know what an underdog story has to do with his exploitative business practices and his billionaire lifestyle.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Getting children addicted to illegal gambling isnโ€™t exactly inspiring.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah i'm not looking for inspiring. Guy made a company, made some good games, came within an inch of getting trounced by big bro, turned into a publishing empire then made some bad decisions.

Then we got steamdeck pushing Linux.

If not for Steam, we're just be sitting in Epic and Blizzard's and Microsoft's laps.

It would be really cool if someone did a non-profit publisher, but capitalism just fucking sucks and everytime we get something nice it has to turn to shit.

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