• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Exactly. Steam is a money-printings g machine, and since they’re not publicly traded the owners make money asong as they’re profitable.

    With publicly-treaded companies, anyone who invests only makes money when the value of the stock goes up. Your company can make 5 billion dollars a second in profits, but still lose value to shareholders if the next quarter you aren’t making 6 billion a second.