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[–] Abrinoxus@lemmy.today 176 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Lets all pray they stay out of the stockmarket

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 82 points 1 month ago (11 children)

the day gaben dies and the company falls into the grubby hands of investors, its over.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My understanding was that a large percentage of Valve is employee owned. Would love to know if that's true or not.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That just means that buying it spreads the money to slightly more people. They're practically just as easy to acquire.

[–] Kacarott@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

It also means that more people have to be willing to sell (or that if only a few sell, investors hold less power)

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