Valve unintentionally set the stage for today’s digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence

@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Valve unintentionally set the stage for today’s digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence

@Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

I’m unclear as to whether you’re saying this is a positive or negative.

I see it as a positive - it means they have a price and that price is the same for everyone without favoritism.

@cordlesslamp@lemmy.today · edit-2 8 months ago

Negative. As someone who lives in a 3rd-world country where minimum wage is $0.75/hr, even a senior accountant position would be lucky to earn $750/mo working 10-12hours a day. So pardon me for not favoring the idea of “equals price for everyone”.

For us down here, it’s either Steam Regional Pricing or the high sea.