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The volume of Valve glazing I see on the internet has me worried. They could enshittify dramatically tomorrow, and I think they would still have positive sentiment.
People trust them. Trusting a corporation is a recipe for monopoly, pretty much without exception, historically.
And Steam is the only storefront for so, so many games. For all of Sweeny’s toxicity, I honestly didn’t feel that particular outrage against EGS, as I was already concerned by how many games are Steam-only.
They have positive sentiment because they haven't enshittified much, in an industry that has embraced shit maximalism as a policy.
People would complain if they got worse. There would be people saying "at least they arent microsoft", but they would still be held to higher standards than other companies. The fact they are more or less meeting those standards is impressive.
Also, steam integration is pretty un-invasive on the developer's side. If steam went tits-up, everybody would just re-release elsewhere.
We know they will, but it's probably not today.
Gabe will die, directives will change, Valve will slip. But probably not today.
and that “probably not today” is actually WORLDS MORE reassurance than i feel from literally any other platform (gog aside)
GoG is very underrated as well.