nave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHere’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkHere’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employswww.theverge.comnave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareit_depends_man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt is broken in the sense that it’s absolutely insane that they can take 30% and nobody can build a competing product that only takes 20%. It is not broken in the sense that they keep doing what they are doing and developers and customers consistently choose their offer. It’s not a monopoly because they exploit their position. It’s a monopoly because nobody else is trying hard enough.
It is broken in the sense that it’s absolutely insane that they can take 30% and nobody can build a competing product that only takes 20%.
It is not broken in the sense that they keep doing what they are doing and developers and customers consistently choose their offer.
It’s not a monopoly because they exploit their position.
It’s a monopoly because nobody else is trying hard enough.