Awesome! Okay, I’m buying this now 😁

I always turn mine off, the Deck has terrible battery life in sleep mode. My partner usually keeps theirs in sleep-mode and they often need to charge their Deck when turning it back on.

I wonder what they’re working on? I’m sure whatever it is it’ll be gorgeous!

Nice, good for her. Hope bro got his ass whooped.

Can I ask the community if they’re having the same issues as I with the background recording? It’s been busted for me for months (and others) but others seem unaffected. It’s driving me insane trying to work around it.

Actually, it’s a terrible indicator, because it’s completely disconnected from the service you’re evaluating. Your anger is about wealth inequality and the ethics of extreme capitalism, which is a totally valid topic. But you’re using that anger to answer a different question: ‘What is a fair price for this service?’

But you are insisting on using that separate topic as the only metric for this one. Since we’re fundamentally talking about two different issues and you’re refusing to engage with the point about service value, I don’t see this conversation being productive any longer.

You’re putting words in my mouth. I never called the 30% “fair.” I’ve been trying to steer the conversation toward what a discussion about its fairness should actually be based on: the value of the services Steam provides.

You are fixated on Gabe Newell’s personal wealth as the sole proof that the cut is unjust. That’s an emotional argument about wealth disparity, not a logical analysis of the platform’s costs and value.

Let me be clear: whether a CEO’s personal spending is excessive is a separate moral and political debate. It doesn’t, on its own, determine if the price of a service is justified. The cost of servers, development, support, and the global infrastructure Steam maintains is what’s relevant here.

If you want to argue that the platform itself isn’t worth the cut, make that case. But simply pointing to a yacht and saying “see, it’s unfair” is a non-sequitur. It’s a distraction from the actual economic discussion.

That’s a very specific and bold claim about Valve’s internal finances. Do you have access to their private balance sheets and investment budgets? Unless you do, we’re both just speculating.

Factually speaking: Valve provides a massive, global storefront, handles all payment fraud and chargebacks, provides cloud storage for games, and maintains the entire friend/community network. The 30% is the price for that bundle of services.

Whether that’s a fair price is debatable, but the personal wealth of the CEO is a distraction from that debate.

That’s a pretty significant pivot from the discussion about Steam’s operating costs and revenue share.

The original point was about whether Valve’s 30% cut is justified for the services and ecosystem they provide; things like the storefront, servers, payment processing, anti-cheat, and continued development of new features for both players and developers.

Bringing up a private individual’s personal expenditure doesn’t really engage with that topic. It’s an attempt to shift the focus from a business discussion to a personal one, which is a completely different (albeit valid?) argument.

4 months.

Brilliant game. Not sure if I preferred it over MP1 but damn did I enjoy it. Hope you did too, OP.

I* adored that too lol

Some, some not.

If she does you can yell your username at her.

Lovely photo, you have a very kind smile. Travel well my friend!

I hope you have a wonderful time, wherever your path takes you.

My partner slipped on a banana peel in PEAK, I got a cheap chuckle out of that lol.

It’s interesting that you dismiss this as unimportant while listing other causes you presume we don’t support. One can care about multiple issues at once. Your inability to grasp the value of game preservation doesn’t make it any less valid. Perhaps you should focus your efforts on the homeless, since you’re so concerned about where others direct their energy.

WinAmp is long gone, no? Audacious is the closest looking replacement. I’m sure it’s what you probably meant? maybe? lol.

Next time I’m in ALDI I’m going to keep my eyes peeled for one of these.