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Cake day: December 6th, 2024

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  • What actions are you referring to? I appreciate Steams contributions to the Linux ecosystem but that’s about it, and even that is completely self serving. Locking everything on their platform behind DRM? Taking a 30% cut of everything sold after monopolizing the PC gaming market?

    He’s a big proponent of microtransactions and was one of the first to introduce lootcrate mechanics for skins. Skins that you can buy/sell with real cash off-site. There’s a billion dollar online casino ecosystem where you use skins as chips to play games that’s basically targeted at kids. Valve is completely aware of it and it breaks their ToS but they profit greatly so they look the other way and continue to push shitty scratch off ticket loot boxes to kids. There really is no such thing as an ethical billionaire.

    Unless you know about some great philanthropic work he’s doing?





  • I know lots of small game hunters in the U.S. and it’s very much the same. Try to avoid taking game close to human developments as they’ll feed on trash and it can lead to issues like overpopulation and disease.

    Taking game from wild areas means the animal has had to hunt and forage to survive leading to a healthier population and healthier harvest.