Gabe is a pretty good billionaire. He has made a lot of people happy. He doesn’t spend his money trying to manipulate society. I think Gabe deserves a new yacht.
You realize people can’t choose if they are addicted to gambling right? It’s the same as any addiction.
Most people don’t even realize they have a problem until they have hit rock bottom.
Gambling addictions have very high suicide ideation and suicide attempt rates. The exact numbers seem ti vary from study to study but I haven’t found any with percentages below double digits.
Gambling addictions are not uncommon either, with 1-3% of the general population being affected [Wikipedia]. Risk factors include starting young and online gambling by the way. Guess who encourages both?
If I had to guess, thousands of people have committed suicide at least partially due to Valve. “Partially” because case gambling could’ve been the entry into other forms of gambling that cemented gambling addictions.
Yes, he’s the president of Valve, not the CEO of multiple online casinos for underage customers. Those generally are not based in the US in the first place.
Why did various EU regulators had to tell Valve that their gambling business is illegal? It remains legal in some and so he continues to run them there.
You don’t know what he does in the dark. You don’t know the decisions he makes, the moves he pays for, or the things he does. You only see a very small amount of his actual life.
There are no good billionaires, kids.
But there are degrees of how bad they are.
Standards are low
The guillotine has a methodically designed schedule.
If anarchists could agree on a policy they wouldn’t be anarchists.
Technically true, but not worth distinguishing.
Gabe is a pretty good billionaire. He has made a lot of people happy. He doesn’t spend his money trying to manipulate society. I think Gabe deserves a new yacht.
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For cosmetic only items, and in return they let everyone play for free. It doesn’t bother me as a business model.
I don’t think monetizing gambling addictions so others can play for free is a great argument.
Says someone without a gambling addiction.
Uh yea. Why would I have a gambling addition. That shit is stupid as fuck.
You realize people can’t choose if they are addicted to gambling right? It’s the same as any addiction. Most people don’t even realize they have a problem until they have hit rock bottom.
Gambling in any way is a problem. It’s a dumb activity which leads only to sadness. There is no safe amount of gambling.
I blame alcoholics for drinking, not brewers for brewing beer.
Gambling disorder is recognized by the DSM, this comment comes across as victim blaming and ableist.
Gambling addictions have very high suicide ideation and suicide attempt rates. The exact numbers seem ti vary from study to study but I haven’t found any with percentages below double digits.
Gambling addictions are not uncommon either, with 1-3% of the general population being affected [Wikipedia]. Risk factors include starting young and online gambling by the way. Guess who encourages both?
If I had to guess, thousands of people have committed suicide at least partially due to Valve. “Partially” because case gambling could’ve been the entry into other forms of gambling that cemented gambling addictions.
Skill issue.
Multiple online casinos for underage customers that he runs disagree.
He doesn’t run them, what nonsense are people pushing now.
Man can’t be responsible for all the nice things in Steam but absolved of creating a lootbox/gambling empire.
No, I mean he literally does not run those. It’s like blaming the bank for ‘running a drug empire’ when someone buys some weed.
Isn’t he CEO of Valve, a company with famously lean amount of staff?
Yes, he’s the president of Valve, not the CEO of multiple online casinos for underage customers. Those generally are not based in the US in the first place.
Why did various EU regulators had to tell Valve that their gambling business is illegal? It remains legal in some and so he continues to run them there.
You don’t know what he does in the dark. You don’t know the decisions he makes, the moves he pays for, or the things he does. You only see a very small amount of his actual life.