Do nothing. Win
Do nothing. Win
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It is currently called the United States of America
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Is it even a competition?
Afaik, lemmy doesn't compete. It just exists, and makes no effort as an entity to expand.
I'm not even sure if there are individual instances that do anything to seek out users, much less try to take them from other places.
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I kinda wish they did so Reddit diasppears
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There is no "they" really - it's up to us as users to promote it.
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It’s crazy to me how there’s percentage of gamers who think this guy is THEIR billionaire, and this is THEIR game corporation, and it somehow makes it different or more ethical than all the other billionaires and corporations.
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In a world where enshitification is the norm, the bar is so low that keeping a product with good quality is enough to be deified by some. But surely those gamers that worship Gabe just do it for the memes right? (Don't answer)
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Valve being privately owned rather than having external shareholders probably helps them go for something sustainable rather than pushing for growth at all costs.
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It's simply because the product is far superior to all other solutions on the market.
Not due to tricks, or marketing, or any weird strategies, but by simply solving the distribution problem for both the developers and consumers.
Yes all billionaires need to give up their wealth or literally be eaten, and all capitalism is inherently evil, but if we were to rank evil from least to most as especially liberals do in all other circumstances, then gaben and steam are on the least evil side of the spectrum.
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Parasocial relationships get fucky
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The only brand loyalty I have is that their shit just works
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As soon as the fediverse becomes an actual threat, the ban hammer is going to come down on anonymous social media
I'm honestly surprised it hasn't happened yet
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It’s still pretty niche as of now
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How
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It would probably be something like: "any social media site made available to US users must verify user identities and legal name and age and comply with US agencies' requests for user information. Violators will be subject to penalty, including but not limited to economic sanction and imprisonment"
Yes, there would be ways around it and yes, there would be nations who would not enforce it, but there being legal barriers to operating an instance would basically kill its adoption for normal users. I'm really tired of people saying 'you can just get a vpn' as if most people would go to any length at all to share memes with friends. The fediverse is already too complicated for most people to adopt before having to circumvent region blocks.
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wasn't there a thing about almost all instances being hosted on Hetzner?
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I’m not sure but it’s been working wonders for desktop Linux for the technically inclined.
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Weeeeell, as someone who moved from windows to Mint a few weeks back, Steam and proton have had a big hand in that, so I wouldn't say it's a good example of "doing nothing".
Edit: granted, Microsoft constantly shooting their own feet doesn't help, but Steam broke the cage by providing what was missing.
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Not to downplay what Valve and all of the countless Linux contributers are doing and have accomplished, but I wouldn't be on Linux if Windows hasn't gone to shit.
I was basically a 30 year long Windows fanboy. It got so bad that it drove me away. And now I'm a Linux fanboy.
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And for Valve.
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“Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake."
—Napoleon Bonaparte
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The China method
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The side fucking up is called "the art of the deal"
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Good name for a book.
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They could avoid taxes on the proceeds with the deal of the art.
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Stability, reliability, don't fix it if it ain't broke.
Some companies have a need to reinvent them every 6 months to justify some middle Manager's existence so they can pad their resume for the next overpaid job position.
This Is what it looks like when you don't have that problem
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Accurate. There's significant overlap between Fediverse managers, developers, and users. Everyone's goals for the platform are always closely aligned.
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Doing it the Valve way.
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Wu Wei
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Often in the daodejing also called wei wu wei: "acting without action" or "doing without doing"
Truly: this is The Way
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The only winning move is not to play.
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Anti-Skibidity fr fr no cap
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Pulling a Steven Bradbury
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"Neutral jing".
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