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Maybe you should think about why a company like Valve could have never been founded in the EU instead.
by blell 8mo ago
Maybe you should think about why a company like Valve could have never been founded in the EU instead.
- enricozb 8mo agoWhat about it is incompatible with the EU?
- newsclues 8mo agoAll sorts of content that EU bureaucrats find objectionable like the sex games
- wolvoleo 8mo agoYou know the big push against that comes from American credit card companies, right? Including the recent removal of games from steam. Here in Europe sex isn't nearly as big a taboo as in the US, though they do want age gating.
- pjmlp 8mo agoYou mean like showing a nipple on TV is some kind of hideous crime, while blowing heads off like watermelons is perfectly fine?
- Hikikomori 8mo agoAmericans thinking Europe is prudish is pretty funny.
- defrost 8mo agoIndeed. https://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/113272962_1a8e1d6a0e.jpg https://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/113272962_1a8e1d6a0e.jpg
- enricozb 8mo agoAs a counterexample, the BBC financed the show that this sketch was from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuPBbFOiygo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuPBbFOiygo
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- jackvalentine 8mo agoCD Project Red and GOG, founded and headquartered in Poland?
- eloisant 8mo agoI guess the point is that they got this level of success (which GOG didn't reach) because they're based in US. And I tend to agree with that, there are some reason, including the fact that it's a huge country with a wealthy population that use loans and credit cards to buy even more that they can afford. That creates a strong domestic market that you can leverage before having to look at international sales. Nothing to do with the US government policies of course...
- yetihehe 8mo agoEpic was founded in US and didn't reach such success too. I think this is not because of US based, more like because of Gabe Newell.
- jackvalentine 8mo agoGood example. I’d want to look at the first-mover(ish) advantage Valve had and other differences in product timing/delivery before I concluded it was impossible to found a company like Valve in the EU.
- yetihehe 8mo agoI am interested in knowing why it's impossible. Only because of first mover advantage?
- jackvalentine 8mo agoI think you’re reading my post wrong. I’m not stating it’s impossible.
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- SSchick 8mo agoAre we defending billionaires again?
- preisschild 8mo agoGabe Newell? Yeah. He deserves it frankly.
- eloisant 8mo agoHe's a great guy, but nobody deserves to be a billionaire. He would do great even if he was "just" a multi-millionaire.
- preisschild 8mo agoI'd honestly much rather have him select where that money goes towards than many governments
- eloisant 8mo agoIn democracies money going to governments isn't sucked to some kind of vacuum. It's reinvested in infrastructure, social programs, investment programs, etc. The US would be better off if it had more money to invest in healthcare and education, and Gabe would still be fine living in a house worth a few millions instead of on a half billion yacht.
- preisschild 8mo agoI live in a democracy (central Europe) and too much is spent on subsidizing farmers and useless social programs.
- account42 8mo agoYou don't think food security is something a country should invest in? Sure, let's have everything we need to live be produced in China, what could possibly go wrong.
- wolvoleo 8mo agoI think this American exceptionalism is getting old. The country is a lot more capitalist and that stimulates certain industries, especially venture capitalism which is basically gambling with investor money. But a lot of the companies that came out of this like Google, Meta, Microsoft are also a big net negative in the world and causing societal decay with their attention-driving algorithms and hard business practices used to establish their monopolies. It's not surprising the more ethical business models come from the EU like GOG without its DRM. And valve isn't really one of the worst companies out there, but gog is a lot better and I always buy there if a game is available. Europe has its issues but look at the state America is in right now. A lot of all that hate is fuelled by people who have been drawing the short end of the capitalism stick for decades. And are now mobilised by the people making things worse for them.