Net Neutrality Emergency

[Lingus]

I think the main difference between Google and Steam (or Valve actually) is that if Valve doesn't seem to have the same ambitions that Google does. They want to make great games, and make great games available easily and cheaply, and make money while doing it. They've come up with brilliant ways of doing this. If they decided they wanted to move into other arenas, like Google is doing, they could definitely get there. If they teamed up with Google, the combined effort would be unstoppable.

[ARTgames]

Name one online service in the last year or two that google has teamed up with/bought and has bin successful?

[LeGuy]

Name one online service in the last year or two that google has teamed up with/bought and has been successful?

YouTube?

[ARTgames]

That was back in 2006 Mr Leguy. Its bin longer than two years since then.

Non the less there has bin little to non successful teamed up with/bought between that time to now.

[Yankyal]

I think the main difference between Google and Steam (or Valve actually) is that if Valve doesn't seem to have the same ambitions that Google does. They want to make great games, and make great games available easily and cheaply, and make money while doing it. They've come up with brilliant ways of doing this. If they decided they wanted to move into other arenas, like Google is doing, they could definitely get there. If they teamed up with Google, the combined effort would be unstoppable.

Valve could never get to where Google is. #1 most visited website of ALL time? Like I said, most people I know have never even HEARD of Steam(some now valve from Portal). And like you said, they want to make games. Verizon + Google is a better combo. Hell, if google alone put a petition on their home page it'd get millions of hits in a few days.

[ARTgames]

I'm confuses at what you are trying to get at. But if you wanted to make the most powerful web force in the western world you would probably combine Facebook and Google. Them being the two most popular websites here.

[Jackabomb]

F-f-f-facebook+G-g-google!?!?!

Oh Good Night, it's my worst nightmare come true!!!
Stockpile the food and weapons!
Lock-down all entrances!
To the nuclear bunkers!

[Lingus]

I think the main difference between Google and Steam (or Valve actually) is that if Valve doesn't seem to have the same ambitions that Google does. They want to make great games, and make great games available easily and cheaply, and make money while doing it. They've come up with brilliant ways of doing this. If they decided they wanted to move into other arenas, like Google is doing, they could definitely get there. If they teamed up with Google, the combined effort would be unstoppable.

Valve could never get to where Google is. #1 most visited website of ALL time? Like I said, most people I know have never even HEARD of Steam(some now valve from Portal). And like you said, they want to make games. Verizon + Google is a better combo. Hell, if google alone put a petition on their home page it'd get millions of hits in a few days.

I'm choosing to ignore you at this point since it has become clear that is what you are doing to me. My original point that Steam could potentially be a monster of a company, (if they decided they wanted to be, which they don't) is completely lost now. So I give up.