[heliumtera]

>Will they ever "sell out"?

Oh no, never. Don't worry, the usual investors are very well known for fighting for user autonomy (AMD, Nvidia, Intel,IBM, Qualcomm)

They are all very pro consumers and all backers are certainly here for your enjoyment only

[zozbot234]

These are all big hardware firms, which makes a lot of sense as a classic 'commoditize the complement' play. Not exactly pro-consumer, but not quite anti-consumer either!

[5o1ecist]

> AMD, Nvidia, Intel, IBM, Qualcomm

> but not quite anti-consumer either!

All of them are public companies, which means that their default state is anti-consumer and pro-shareholder. By law they are required to do whatever they can to maximize profits. History teaches that shareholders can demand whatever they want, with the respective companies following orders, since nobody ever really has to suffer consequences and any and all potential fines are already priced in, in advance, anyway.

Conversely, this is why Valve is such a great company. Valve is probably one of the only few actual pro-consumer companies out there.

Fun Fact! Rarely is it ever mentioned anywhere, but Valve is not a public company! Valve is a private company! That's why they can operate the way they do! If Valve was a public company, then greedy, crooked billionaire shareholders would have managed to get rid of Gabe a long time ago.

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heliumtera is being sarcastic.