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Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs
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Has Epic become profitable yet? I vaguely remember the plan being for it to become profitable later, and that it was living off Fortnite money. Steam could just charge at most 20% then though, I don't remember what the thresholds/conditions for different costs like 30% and 18% are.
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I still don't get why people go to bat for valve, despite all the anti consumer shit they regularly do.They are anti-developer (though dev opinions differ), but most people aren't affected by the anti-consumer stuff. The only instances I know are censorship with niche visual novels and case gambling (and things like crashing CSGO economy sound like good things in that regard), unless there's more I don't know.
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I would probably donate most of it to a worthy cause. I don't need anywhere near that amount of money, anything over $5M gets donated.Why specifically $5M and not say $1M? Building a house should apparently cost you half of that, and I assume the rest is for investing into passive income? I agree with the other guy, talk is cheap. I probably don't need a 4k TV or multiple consoles, but I immediately started planning and buying after a raise.
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What you're after is a bit of socialism. We don't have to kill all the millionaires and billionaires, they are just required to contribute to the world more than they take, as long as they do that they can have their luxury yachts. The problem is almost none of them actually do contribute anything to the world and most of the ones that do contribute things that the world doesn't want. Elon Musk contributes a lot of electric cars to the world, which would be a good thing, it's just a shame they're all dangerous killing machines.
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>they are just required to contribute to the world more than they take They wouldn't be millionaires or billionaires then. You don't get millionaire without appropriating the labor of others.
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Elon Musk actively hinders his companies from succeeding. People need to stop glorifying his involvement in companies he paid to have his name on.
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What is it with millionaires and yachts? I hate boats, even on a calm day in a lake which is only about 2 m deep I'm constantly convinced the damn thing is going to sink. Do people actually like being on boats, it's basically like being in a cramped apartment that is really inconvenient to get to and from, that constantly experiences a never-ending earthquake, why is that anyone's idea of a good time? Also I *really* hope somebody has tested that submarine extensively.
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We'll eat Gabe lastWhile he stays on a boat, that boat's purpose is a marine lab for conservation research. Helps to know why it has a submarine. Billionaires shouldn't exist, but this isn't as evil as the headline makes it sound. If I basically lived on a research boat, I'd want LAN parties, too.
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Because epic isn't the market leader, by a large margin.
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Steam takes 30% cut while e.g. Epic takes 12%. No you don't get in trouble for unfair competition if you don't overcharge.Epic dropped to try and compete. It doesn't work the other way around.
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that moment when the One Good Billionaire
casually orders a boat that costs several times more money than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes 
i get that there's worse out there but i'm tired of people acting like newell is a saint... he's just another billionaire. -
A billionaire whose hobby is Marine conservation. That yacht is a floating lab. Inkfish, founded by Gabe Newell, aims to advance marine science by providing tools and access for deep-ocean exploration, focusing on serving the scientific community rather than personal interests. The organization's mission is to integrate marine science, engineering, and technology to map uncharted seafloor, study biodiversity, discover new species, and protect ocean ecosystems, while also providing open-source data and technical support to scientists
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For cosmetic only items, and in return they let everyone play for free. It doesn't bother me as a business model.Gambling addictions have very high suicide ideation and suicide attempt rates. The exact numbers seem ti vary from study to study but I haven't found any with percentages below double digits. Gambling addictions are not uncommon either, with 1-3% of the general population being affected [Wikipedia]. Risk factors include starting young and online gambling by the way. Guess who encourages both? If I had to guess, thousands of people have committed suicide at least partially due to Valve. "Partially" because case gambling could've been the entry into other forms of gambling that cemented gambling addictions.