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minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down4·15 days agoPrivate companies, for better or worse, are beholden only to the boss. No shareholder value to worry about. That’s the only reason steam hasn’t been turning the thumbscrews on developers for stage 3 enshittification profit seeking.
minus-squareGeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·15 days agoAnd why I’m clenching it for the day Gaben leaves. It will probably be disastrous.
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·15 days agoIdk the internal company culture is supposed to be pretty damn good and stable. Flat management structure with everyone getting to work on whatever they please… Seems like a replacement council would probably do fine.
Private companies, for better or worse, are beholden only to the boss. No shareholder value to worry about.
That’s the only reason steam hasn’t been turning the thumbscrews on developers for stage 3 enshittification profit seeking.
And why I’m clenching it for the day Gaben leaves. It will probably be disastrous.
Idk the internal company culture is supposed to be pretty damn good and stable. Flat management structure with everyone getting to work on whatever they please…
Seems like a replacement council would probably do fine.