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A Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you' (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Valve is that perfect example of being just shitty enough to be annoying without stepping over the line into complete enshittification. But this too will happen. I reckon there'd be good odds of it happening not long after Gabe retires.

[–] latenightnoir 8 points 1 week ago

That's my main worry, and why I'd never want a monopoly of any sort with contemporary hierarchical structures.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

If they ever go public then yes, enshittification is guaranteed. As long as they remain a privately held company, there's a chance they can hold the enshittification at bay.