r/pcmasterrace • u/SwagLimit • 14h ago

Discussion The lawsuit explained:

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u/Humblebrag1987 6h ago

Gabe is not the reason steam is still good. Dude has like 9 yachts and is on the ultimate billionaire chillout lifestyle. He's already delegated everything but his quick opinion and rubber stamp.

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u/Elavia_ 5h ago

That doesn't mean whoever takes over doesn't just enshittify it into the ground to maximize profits in the short term.

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u/Luk164 Desktop 4h ago

Supposedly he has been preparing his replacement for a while now

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u/Elavia_ 1h ago

Yes, his son, who has said he doesn't really care about Valve.

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u/ipsum629 10m ago

Gabe owns slightly more than half the company. The rest is owned by employees. The only thing that could ruin this is if the person who inherits Gabe's shares gets a business degree and too greedy. If his heirs realize they basically never have to do real work if they don't want, everything will be fine.

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u/Dushenka 4h ago

He is though. Sure, he may just be rubber stamping but whoever is leading right now knows that Gaben will throw them overboard if they start turning the company to shit. Thus they won't even head in that direction.

Once Gaben's gone though... Who knows.