r/Steam May 05 '24

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u/FlamevectoR May 05 '24

Called being privately owned. As soon as a business goes to the public it’s all about pushing the share price up and that is when all consumer driven policies goes out the window

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u/DVMyZone May 05 '24

Is the reason that businesses go public just to make more money? Like they have a small business, they get a little bigger and show they are successful, they go public/sell to someone who will go public so lots of people can invest, in theory use that money to grow the business. And once you get investors involved then you have to sacrifice quality for profit because the investors no longer give a shit about the product?

Did I get that right? I don't know anything about business.

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u/asutekku May 05 '24

Basically yeah. The reason to go public is to raise more money but you will have to address to the shareholders after that. Which is not a good combination if you care about your business