The new Valve Steam Deck OLED didn’t just change the screen: Almost every part of the device has had some sort of revision, from the screws to the power topology of the motherboard. Some of these changes happened silently in the Voyager platform refresh for the Steam Deck, but the majority of large changes are brand new. Memory underwent relocation and now uses better modules, the cooling solution has had its fan flipped and thickened, and the controller component PCBs have had some consolidation and durability improvements. In this tear-down of the new Steam Deck OLED, we’ll compare the new Steam Deck vs. the original, old Steam Deck “LCD” model.
The issue is the perpetual ownership.
If I lend you money, you only own me the money I’ve lended+interest. I’m not going to have a stake on your future businesses, nor have any decision power over you, it isn’t in my power to make sure you squeeze the most money possible over your job. You pay the money back and we are done.
The problem with that is lending money to a business that needs money also means you’re risking if the business fails that you’re never getting your money back. No one wants to risk their $100,000 in hopes of getting back $108,000 a year from now.
Even then you can just add a higher interest rate. You absolutely don’t need to held the company hostage until the heat death of the universe.
Are… Are you suggesting that there are potential ways a public company system could’ve actually been handled better, rather than the concept itself being flawed by nature?
I’m not saying I disagree, I’m just saying that possibility never occurred to me for some reason. (Maybe it’s my justice sensitivity complex acting up)