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Microsoft - keep your filthy hands off Valve, leak shows MSFT would buy Valve
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this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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Gaben is one of the few people in tech I trust to resist the money MSFT would be willing to throw at something as successful as valve. I mean - they’re the closest thing to a trustworthy company as you can find these days.
Yeah, I doubt he cares about the money at this point, and he did leave MSFT, so I'm guessing he isn't interested in selling. He also went out of his way to use Linux to stick it to MSFT.
As long as he runs the company, I don't see it happening.
Even if he left the company he still has over 50% ownership.
Only if he decides to retain his stake. Let's say he dies, perhaps his heir chooses to sell instead of stay involved in the company.
Eh, I would hardly call Valve trustworthy or the good guy
I would say don't worship multi billion dollar companies.
Especially ones that only give you things you should have always had, like refunds, after being forced to by state lawsuits to force them into compliance with the law.
I miss the days when you actually owned your fucking games and could loan them to friends or sell them to get something else.
They aren't the 'good guy' but they are one of the few tech companies left that try to make money by selling a product people want to buy. Basically everyone else is just trying to screw people over or sell out to investors as soon as they can.
That's not good, but it's the way people understand and think businesses should be run, even though most modern companies no longer work that way.
Valve is not worthy of your trust. Gabe won't sell to MS because Valve is an absolute gold mine and it's extremely unlikely even MS could make him an offer that actually makes more money for him in the long run.