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Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago

'Being Proud of the Thing We Made Did Not Give Us the Right to Make It' — Dbrand Cancels Its Steam Machine Companion Cube

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'Being Proud of the Thing We Made Did Not Give Us the Right to Make It' — Dbrand Cancels Its Steam Machine Companion Cube

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Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago

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Tech accessory company dbrand has canceled its Steam Machine Companion Cube enclosure effective immediately because it didn't ask Valve for permission to make it in the first place.

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Just recreate the skin with AI and now it’s Anthropic’s problem.

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  The companion cube gets made and valve sues anthropic into oblivion. That’s a win-win in my book.
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    Only if Valve invests the winnings into Linux, which tbf they probably would

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