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  • read the article, loot boxes and similar reward mechanics are there on purpose to squeeze your money and to hook you up to the game

  • Their marketing is so successful that you believe they do none.

  • Back then valve wasn't probably doing as much advertising

  • For profit companies who's goal is to make money also use game mechanics for marketing, yes.

  • Marketing isn't just buying television ads. Loot boxes and reward systems are also a form of marketing.

  • Sounds like you have no idea what the company even does.

  • You are on lemmy, a decentralized and open source platform, nobody here think microsoft is good. If a bunch of evil corporations control the entire videogames market that still count as a monopoly, all of these are shit including Valve.

  • Valve is truly one of a kind company, their marketing has been so effective that they managed to create a culture of idiots that go around the internet defending their products

  • is it a monopoly because they wanted to become one?

    Valve is a for profit company, one of their main goals is to make money.

    It is a monopoly, but because nobody else is even trying. And that pisses me off.

    It is a monopoly because they hooked everyone to their own proprietary third party software launcher, you should be pissed of about not owning any of your games

  • don't advertise junk food

  • Seriously, how are there still so many people on meta?

    Social networks become part of people life, they use them to talk to relatives, friends and to build communities. Once social networks started to become popular, facebook with the help of governments, rich people and other corporations managed to become the biggest platform, they got so big that they turned into a phone book where everyone was in. Meta used the billions we feed them, our data and their popularity to build/buy other social networks and tools people are now hooked up. In italy whatsapp replaced mails and it's what most people are using to talk with each other.

  • We feed meta billions of dollars and all our data, watch out what they are going to do, they already approached the fediverse and tried to make their move there.

  • What I’m saying is if we don’t repost twitter shots we will lose like, a third of our content

    Sounds like a good riddance, a third of the content here is shit

  • these news should be on the frontpage

  • Europe @feddit.org

    European Bases Enabled the US Air Campaign Against Iran — Why NATO Infrastructure Still Matters Strategically

    www.itamilradar.com /2026/04/30/european-bases-enabled-the-us-air-campaign-against-iran-why-nato-infrastructure-still-matters-strategically/
  • don't repost twitter shit here

  • Lemmy all frontpage

  • How is that on the frontpage we have a news about trump saying he's not a pedophile but not news about yesterday shooting?

  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world

    Black oil clouds over Tehran

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Are iranian children worth less than american children?

  • World News @lemmy.world

    Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say

    www.reuters.com /world/middle-east/us-investigation-points-likely-us-responsibility-iran-school-strike-sources-say-2026-03-06/
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL for at last 15 years US government has been able to implant hardware into USB cables to turn them into hacking devices with wireless capability.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Why are there many complains about AI power usage but almost none about the resources being wasted by the war/arms industry?

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    The data windows collect about you goes to a company founded by someone who is in the epstein files

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    Why is lemmy frontpage filled with memes?

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL in the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla nine activists were killed by Israeli forces.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2010_Gaza_Freedom_Flotilla
  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world

    'Our Genocide': How do Israelis feel about the war in Gaza? | On the Ground

  • World News @lemmy.world

    Greece “Complicit” in Israeli Attacks, Gaza Flotilla Activists Allege

    greekreporter.com /2025/09/24/greece-complicit-israeli-attacks-gaza-flotilla-activists-allege/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Mass Grave Uncovered in Egypt Implicates Egyptian Authorities in War Crimes

    sinaifhr.org /show/633
  • World News @lemmy.world

    Israeli Drones Seen Above Flotilla of 50 Humanitarian Aid Ships En Route to Gaza

    imemc.org /article/israeli-drones-seen-above-flotilla-of-50-humanitarian-aid-ships-en-route-to-gaza/
  • World News @lemmy.world

    Gaza: Negotiations between the US, Israel, and Qatar over a mega yacht on the Costa Smeralda

    www.unionesarda.it /en/world/gaza-us-israeli-and-qatar-negotiate-megayacht-deal-on-costa-smeralda-ryup1a2j
  • World News @lemmy.world

    At least 32 Palestinians killed in Gaza as IDF fires on crowds seeking food

    www.theguardian.com /world/2025/jul/19/gaza-israel-palestinians-killed-idf-fires-on-crowds
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL there's a detailed wikipedia page on the Gaza genocide

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaza_genocide
  • World News @lemmy.world

    US issues sanctions against UN investigator probing abuses in Gaza

    apnews.com /article/francesca-albanese-gaza-genocide-sanctions-un-israel-ff0501f318b7dd0d923c30f10b639724
  • World News @lemmy.world

    US issues sanctions against UN investigator probing abuses in Gaza

    apnews.com /article/francesca-albanese-gaza-genocide-sanctions-un-israel-ff0501f318b7dd0d923c30f10b639724
  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world

    No war No bezos protest live in venice

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world

    No war No bezos protest live in venice