How can a large company be run this poorly? I’m just a non-MBA having idiot and even I know you need to get rights and licenses to do this kind of stuff!
I used to think that there were competent people that knew what was going on. Turns out that most people at every level are incompetent idiots that just fake it.
Most of the actual competent people are just sitting quietly doing their work, and don’t generally end up in charge of anything.
See the Peter Principle.
Everyone rises to their own personal level of incompetence.
The problem with that is, I’ve watched multiple incompetent people continue to rise despite their incompetence.
Sometimes a specific person’s incompetence has no limit!
This comment is my hero of the day.
thinkin bout my old boss like
Just about everything in the world is so much more haphazard and fragile behind the scenes than it seems, I think. Corporations exist in such a haze of confusion and process chaos, especially.
They didn’t make sure to have the license before developing it. And it was not the first time to not get the license. Don’t blame others for your own failure.
They make skins for the steam deck, so it’s not like they didn’t know how to get permission to do this kind of thing. I sort of feel like this company does stupid shit on purpose to generate media coverage and considers the media coverage a win for brand recognition; financial consequences be damned.
They don’t need permission to make skins. The reason they need it here is because the companion cube is copyright 2006 Valve.
Are they stupid, individual creators can do that for themselves, not to sell for a buisnees, why are so many dumbasses in positions of power and how can we rip them from the controls, like seriously.
That apology stinks of LLM to me.
Or perhaps living in this second-rate Temu timeline is driving me mad.
I didn’t read it, but all of dBrand’s copy has a certain attitude to it. I doubt it’s AI, just a very unusual brand voice, and it’s kinda cute and funny at first, but after the 5th email in a week with the same “We’re so cool, we’re not like other companies” tone, I unsubscribed.
I felt the tone of voice in this was actually a little off. Could you have a look and let me know if you agree. There is some snark, but less than the expected amount for me.
I just read through it, it was seriously bland by their normal standards, but it didn’t feel AI generated to me. It was missing many of the signatures I’ve come to expect. I’ll give them kudos for being frank, and I do wonder if, perhaps, some lawyering was involved. That may be what you are picking up on.
Yeah wasn’t thinking AI. Just…a little off.
And as we know Valve is a cesspool of capitalism obsessed cis white rightwing males so they obviously weren’t cool about it. Le usual.
