[justworkout]

My biggest worry is the direction Valve will take post-Gabe. I really hope he's got his Tim Cook-equivalent lined up. Someone who won't try to shake up the company too much and just keep things going how they are. All it takes is one (1) MBA to come in and do what they do and destroy everything Valve has built up for short term gains.

[extraduder_ire]

Being an entirely private company makes that much less likely, especially with every other employee heavily invested in the way that valve operates now.

I have to hope that if someone is in a position to ruin the company, they can see how much of a money-printing machine it currently is and not mess with their golden goose. I think the first sign of enshittification would be if they started selling ad space for games. (rather than doing an algorithmic discovery-queue, and promoting sales like they currently do)

[rawbot]

I thought publishers could already pay to be spotlighted (frontpage or the announcement popups)?