• bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    I really like how valve operates for the most part but I am a little worried about what happens when leadership inevitably changes. They are such a dominant force that I don’t think people realize how nasty it could get if they turned on consumers.

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      4 months ago

      That’s basically all corporate entities. They’re not beholden to the workers, the consumers, or the general public and instead answer to people generally trying to milk everything as hard as possible.

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          At least until the leader gets corrupted by the power if there is enough of it. Then they become not so benevolent

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            Hence the use of the word “can” and not “are”

            Valve wouldn’t exist at it is if it was public and might not exist as it is if it wasn’t for Newell (and I say that as a person that’s very critical of Valve, they’re still very far from how bad they could be considering their position)

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        Not gonna defend corporations here, but valve isnt public. They are privately owned by the bosses and employees, valve has one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry. It is quite difficult to get a job there for that reason. So they are actually quite beholden to their workers.

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            I don’t think you realize how many corporations there are. Pretty much every business in America has some sort of incorporation.

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      Gaben has ensures that he has 51% of the company so he can veto anything including a leadership change. He would need to sell or die.