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Study finds 72% of Developers View Steam as Monopoly [from the overall pool, 75% of respondents were senior managers] (steamdeckhq.com)
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[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Gross oversimplification of Private vs Public. We are really taking about three kinds of ownership models, if arguing in good faith.

  1. The people that are invested in the company, usually the people that built it, are at the helm.

  2. The people that built it took a payout from Private Equity who now have ownership stake, and who now set the growth agenda.

  3. The compant is now public, and given to the irrational whims if the ENTIRE marketplace, while at the same time primarily being at the whims of the board and the largest few investor stakeholders.

Steam has largely existed exclusively in the first category. So have most of the oldest businesses in the planet, which are often family-owned and maintained operations across generations.