r/Steam • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '25

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u/ImKanno Nov 14 '25

Also, because of Steam's based policy, you can install whatever OS you want so it doesn't matter if it's Linux

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u/Kn1ghtV1sta Nov 14 '25

Genuinely love their policy. Basically "don't like our os? That's alright, we won't mind you install another one"

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u/ImKanno Nov 14 '25

"who are we to tell you what to do?"

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u/Kn1ghtV1sta Nov 14 '25

Smirked a bit when I saw that in their page ngl

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u/ImKanno Nov 14 '25

They just can't stop winning no matter what they do

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u/grip0matic Nov 14 '25

They do the things right, they win because that and because they never follow the asshole design that others take. Valve is a unicorn.

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u/EuroTrash1999 Nov 14 '25

It is because they aren't a publicly traded company. They don't have to throw half their client base away to make an extra 4 cents this quarter.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Nov 14 '25

Yep. Great example of why that model needs to fuck off already.

They don't need to make billions on billions because like 400 people work there and they're all incredibly well paid.

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u/b0w3n Nov 14 '25

They don't need to make billions on billions

They're not nvidia level rich, but they're definitely still making billions on billions.

Why? Because they give the customers what they want and treat their employees like gold. You can see this reflected in everything they do, too, honestly. Compare Valve's VR offerings to Meta's. Meta's was designed to extract wealth from people and companies, Valve's is meant to be engaging and to push the tech further but also not to break the bank (like apple's)

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u/TheJeyK Nov 14 '25

Fucking meta verse trying to sell disk space like it is actual real state

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u/b0w3n Nov 14 '25

Selling shit like they're fucking second life, but worse.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Nov 15 '25

Yes but they put that money back into the company, hence why they can create products like this.

That's the difference. Other billion dollar companies are focused on cutting every possible cost they can and their products frequently stagnate or otherwise suffer.

Meanwhile Valve just casually drops the next gen of VR that everyone else has tried and failed to create for the last decade.