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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 60 points 1 week ago

Gabe has 6 yachts worth about $1 billion dollars. Not very cool at all, imho.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 106 points 1 week ago

He didn't kill anyone by denying them insurance or anything like that tho. Just took a commission on every game sold on Steam, a platform nobody's forced to use.

[-] HyperCube@fedia.io 120 points 1 week ago

And by running a casino that rakes in millions of dollars off kids. I can appreciate the positives he's done with Steam, but I'm not about to ignore the negatives.

[-] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, he's getting kids to play at a virtual casino that has absolutely no chance of returning and financial winnings, but he's not taking millions of dollars off of kids. Considering those kids have the ability to own a gaming computer, I'm assuming the vast majority of that money comes from their parents. I don't condone the kids gambling, but he's not taking hard-earned money from kids that are in need and leaving them broke.

[-] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Can you explain? What cassino? Is it like a game with micro transactions or something?

[-] techwithjake@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Loot boxes are effectively gambling as there is no guarantee on what you'll get. People in general can get addicted to the rush of getting that rare item the first time (which is usually what happens with a first open to get you hooked) and then either buy more loot boxes or the keys to open them.

Being a bit greedy =/= Killing millions of people through death panels

Huge difference

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago

Nobody becomes a billionaire by being "a bit greedy"

One billion dollars is an insane amount of money.

[-] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Reminder, 1 billion dollars is:

  • 1,000 millions
  • 1 million thousands
  • At the highest minimum wage in the world (Denmark @ USD$44,252/year), it would take just under 22,598 years to earn (11.2 Jesuses-ago)
  • If a Dane earning min wage were to work 24 hrs/day non-stop, it would take them just under 4,977 years to earn (2.46 Jesuses-ago).

Billionaires have all that money even after their expenses. It's their "savings account", but their savings account makes much more interest than ours because they are actually invested in the market. If they need money beyond their regular pay, they use their investments as collateral for loans with interest rates lower than investment returns. They're making money even if they are spending it.

[-] Aux@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago
[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago
[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

When did I compare those two things as being equally as bad? What the hell is with this black and white stance in my replies, absolutely wild to see people defending a man owning 1 billion dollars in yachts.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 27 points 1 week ago

Im a huge steam fan.

I am not a fan of someone who can own multiple yachts.

Sorry GabeN.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Still seems like a nice guy. ๐Ÿซก

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 35 points 1 week ago
[-] victorz@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Hawk's response ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ‘Œ

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