When you realize corporations exist for the benefit of shareholders and not the customers it serves, it makes a lot more sense why they act the way they do.
That’s why things like credit unions usually don’t suck as hard.
You didn’t used to be able to refund your stream purchases if you downloaded or installed them at all. The fact that they forced intrusive DRM with a single player game in HL2.
Valve was seen as a very unfriendly company until about 2010
Losing that fight is the big reason why valve made all the changes its did to be better for consumers… and I wager they did it cause they saw where the dominos would fall if more countries went after them, So they did it themselves to paint it like a big pro-consumer thing instead of a preventing-further-legal-costs thing.
Personally, I am okay with Valve not always being the company they are now. A government did its job and the company it affected became consumer friendly [and still dominated the market by believing in a market no other major publisher wanted to touch at the time]. This is what governments are created for: helping the citizens while letting these companies innovate.
Tell me a corporation that doesn’t suck.
Canonical 🏴
No, they suck too.
Doing a very similar tactic to Apple with their snaps.
Some suck just more.
When you realize corporations exist for the benefit of shareholders and not the customers it serves, it makes a lot more sense why they act the way they do.
That’s why things like credit unions usually don’t suck as hard.
My only example ever is pretty much Costco. But I can’t think of a single tech company that isn’t a massive asshole. There must be some tho, right?
I personally believe Costco does suck but somehow a large number of people are blind to it.
Valve? I think they are pretty good and pro consumer.
You didn’t used to be able to refund your stream purchases if you downloaded or installed them at all. The fact that they forced intrusive DRM with a single player game in HL2.
Valve was seen as a very unfriendly company until about 2010
how quickly people forget valves pro-consumer shit was forced by regulations and countries suing them into compliance.
Such as?
https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/valve-to-pay-3-million-fine-for-misleading-australian-gamers/
Losing that fight is the big reason why valve made all the changes its did to be better for consumers… and I wager they did it cause they saw where the dominos would fall if more countries went after them, So they did it themselves to paint it like a big pro-consumer thing instead of a preventing-further-legal-costs thing.
Personally, I am okay with Valve not always being the company they are now. A government did its job and the company it affected became consumer friendly [and still dominated the market by believing in a market no other major publisher wanted to touch at the time]. This is what governments are created for: helping the citizens while letting these companies innovate.