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>>evolve+(OP)
Everything valve doing for linux is making such a huge impact.

The HL3 memes don't even seem fair to use anymore. I don't even want to un-seriously make joke fun of them at this point. They are just genuinely doing so much for the community.

>>adverb+H53
Valve is one of the few companies regularly seen on HN where the headline is something like "[company] is secretly doing something really great" as opposed to "[company] is secretly doing something evil"

>>levoca+Yb3
People complain about the gambling/loot box stuff, and yeah there's legit ethical concerns there.

But overall Valve just seems straightforwardly less shitty towards the consumer than other major companies in their space, by a long shot.

>>Tulliu+2d3
Let's be honest about this current situation.

Valve pushing for Linux gaming is for survival, not charity.

Windows is closing in on them: stricter kernel access (tougher time for anti-cheat)

Encouraging users to use the app store, or more accurately: discouraging users to install from binary

They threaten Valve's business model, and Valve is responding with proton & SteamOS

>>MattDa+4N3
They're doing things that are simultaneously good for business and good for consumers.

That contrasts against the companies doing things that are good for business (at least short term) and bad for consumers.

>>Tulliu+pT3
yes. it aligns, for now. But only for now. all those FAANG's had the same status too, once upon a time.

>>johnny+ZW3
Valve predates Google by two years (at least per the wiki), and was started by Microsoft employees who didn't particularly like Microsoft's operation. Hoping Valve has a long future ahead of them :)

>>0x1ch+R84
Yeah, and they shifted from being a gamik studio to a middleman. The signs are already there, but greed arrives all the same.

>>johnny+cb4
Valve has had all the triggers and opportunities to change for the worse and it didn't. Short of Gabe Newell not controlling it anymore, I don't see what would ruin it now.

>>ahartm+9Z4
> Short of Gabe Newell not controlling it anymore

That's only a matter of time, and probably not a very long time.