Could he not use the excess profits to pay the employees a massive bonus for the success that they created?
Windfalls like this cannot be taking lightly and need to be approached strategically. It depends heavily on tax laws and employee finances overall.
Some common got rich quick concerns off the top of my head: Could accidentally knock people into a higher tax bracket and ruin their finances long term for short term gain. Could accidentally give someone collateral to take out a massive loan they cannot afford long term. Could make someone in a low income area a target before they have a chance to move out. Could accidentally get double taxed by doing the payout incorrectly because they’re not practiced with handling this much money. Could overinvest it all back into the company and burn too brightly negating all their success. Doing nothing and simply using it as cash reserves is better than making a foolish mistake and ruining it for themselves.
So they can afford to make the game free now. It’s made back the money that in used to make and it’s made a fair profit. No reason for them to continue charging for it outside of greed.
That is straight up the dumbest thing I’ve read here outside /c/conservative.
That is an interesting comparison
Over on /c/conservative we’re always going on about giving away free stuff