Comment on When the Steam Deck was still just an idea, Valve says some staff were like, "I just want that for me" and "the point wasn't even to make a product out of it"

yetiftw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And it’s why I hate capitalism as a consumer.

  “People need an incentive to invent things!”

  Well, if that incentive is making money instead of making a great thing, it’s probably not going to be a great thing. Great things make money.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh hey, that’s why I hate capitalism as an engineer. The endless pursuit of profit first rather than making good things that people want is disheartening as someone who just wants to make things that make life better

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    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Listen. We need you to shave another $0.13 off the cost of the unit. Just like, reduce the quality a bit. No end user will ever notice.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      3D printing is such a boon for this. You can make things for yourself put it online for free, and other people can also make it. There’s no need for a profit incentive. I hope in the future everyone owns a 3D printer.

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• 3ntranced@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Exactly, if you want a good product, have the developers make what “they” want. Usually works out.

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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s how you end up with Arch Linux.

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  • pscamodio@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This may work if the developer is a possible client too like in this case. But I feel that’s the exception.

    Do what the clients want and not what developers, designers or management want.

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    • yetiftw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      my point was more broad. most products are design based on what the “market” wants, instead of what the individual making it wants. thus results in a diluted product that does too many things and all poorly

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