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Valve boss Gabe Newell reveals daily routine in bizarre new interview: "I get up, I work, I go scuba-diving, then work some more"
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> unless it's a business shattering literally apocalyptic event. If that's not an issue relating directly to their role I don't know what it. The only reason they'd wake up 3AM for some crisis is if either the market is collapsing or their company is collapsing. Those things happening unexpectedly is something the majority of CEO-s will never experience. I guess it doesn't suck to be a CEO when the sucky thing almost never happen.
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Valve was making bank before lootcrates, and lootcrates have been available to kids since trading card games.Sure, we know loot boxes are bad because they exploit the psychology of gambling. But what about Steam sales? They’re exploiting FOMO, hoarding/collecting psychology. We know that Steam users are [buying billions of dollars worth of games they never play](https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/pile-of-shame).
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Sure, we know loot boxes are bad because they exploit the psychology of gambling. But what about Steam sales? They’re exploiting FOMO, hoarding/collecting psychology. We know that Steam users are [buying billions of dollars worth of games they never play](https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/pile-of-shame).Now you're being actually ridiculous. "Sales are bad"? Really?
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The thing isn't that they have constant work to do, but that they *must* be available for work at any time, for any reason.
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I hope that he decides to work on a neutral payment processing system. Cooperating with the EU's Linux initiatives, he can probably put quite a bit of weight onto the scale, making a digital Euro into a thing.The EU now has a digital wallet payment system in a trail run https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.html Would be neat if they integrate it
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Casual reminder that Gabe Newell owns 6 yachts worth an estimated US$1 billion and that he is not your friend.
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This isn’t a job interview I’m not obliged to give you my CV. I’m stating an opinion that valve and steam are not the friendly aw shucks corporation they’ve been whitewashed into.> valve and steam are not the friendly aw shucks corporation they’ve been whitewashed into. And the goalposts go *flying.* Who the fuck cares if valve is cute and cuddly? Who even wants that in a marketplace other than morons who think they can take advantage of someone else's kindness? Valve is a company, their job is to make money for the people who own it. * You the customer want the most out of your transaction with them, they know it make it a priority. * They understand that devs working there making fucktons of money is good because they'll stay and be motivated to work, so they are selective on who they hire and then pay them an insane amount. * They want to avoid microsoft cutting their nuts off so they pushed linux as a viable alternative. * They want devs to sell on their platform so they refined a business deal that works well enough that they get several new games on their storefront a day and *still* make back their operating costs, despite servers that can literally be used to benchmark several gigabit download connections. * They are the most economically effective company in the world and they achieved it by not enshittifying their platform and not going public. Selflessness would literally be a downgrade, I want Valve to have every damn cent they *earned.* They're not the only game in town, they are the *best* game in town, and at every turn they make an effort not to become a monopoly, either, because they know the good will of their customer base is more important than attempts at short term spikes in company revenue, which is only possible because they are a privately held company. So yeah, are they cuddly and nice? No, fuck no, but they are extremely effective while providing a service that puts every other provider in their field to shame, so why the fuck would I want them to change?
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I understand this was motivated by his businesses interests. But it’s happens to benefit others as well. Value working to make Linux phones more viable is a bit of a pipe dream but it would certainly whip Google and Apple into shape. And that was my point.
