I am starting to think google put this up on purpose to destroy people's opinion on AI. They are so much behind Open AI that they would benefit from it.
Hotzilla
Eventho GPT is far from perfect, this does show how far behind google still is on AI.
Edit: GPT4o answer to exactly same question, which also explains why google failed:
"The Onion" humorously refers to itself as "America's Finest News Source." It's a satirical news organization known for its parody articles on international, national, and local news, mocking traditional news media and public figures. Despite its comedic nature, it has gained a reputation for its sharp wit and clever commentary on contemporary issues.
If steam is included, 12b is a joke, if just valves game rights, meaning HL and CS, then the price is not THAT stupid (still quite).
Maybe this would be the way go get HL3, it would ofc be horrible cashgrab, but HL3 would be out.
Edit: bit details, in 2021 Valve had $10b revenue from steam, and $3b revenue from other sources (heh, source, get it)
Other is selfhosting and other is service. I pick selfhosted.
So no closed source commerical product should ever exist? Discord is one too, I am just selecting one that I can control.
"Discord is bad product, hyperbolically said, it works like a malware."
hyperbole, ever heard about it?
I know that discord is doing bad shit, so yes.
How often you read the source codes of your tool?
Not everything has to be foss, it is in company's best interest to not make it as malware. In last 20 years that I have had TS installed on my server and client, have I had it act like malware. Discord in the other hand has instantly caused issues. Not saying that TS3 doesn't have had bugs, ofc it has had.
It is possible to happen without any 4D chess thinking, they try, they realize that they failed, but they realize that they win here either way.
This shit is so bad that even a blind guy can see it.