alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 4 months agoIn 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out therewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1807arrow-down115cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1792arrow-down1external-linkIn 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out therewww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 4 months agomessage-square216fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarekaffiene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoAnd valve have admitted they’re making more profit than anyone else in the space. I’m not saying they shouldn’t be allowed a profit, I’m saying there’s an argument that they (and Apple via the Apple store) are taking too much from the work of others
minus-squarekaffiene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoIrrelevant. Being good and popular doesn’t make them not a monopoly
minus-squarekaffiene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months ago“possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.”
And valve have admitted they’re making more profit than anyone else in the space. I’m not saying they shouldn’t be allowed a profit, I’m saying there’s an argument that they (and Apple via the Apple store) are taking too much from the work of others
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Irrelevant. Being good and popular doesn’t make them not a monopoly
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“possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.”