Yes, the Steam Deck is great, and Steam is definitely one of the best games platforms there is. And Valve has done great work supporting Linux and open source development, and forcing more transparency for sellers on Steam.
But I feel like people sometimes just love valve for everything they do. GabeN is still a billionaire, buying super-yachts and stuff. Valve makes a ton of their money from gambling on loot crates in CS2 and TF2, and have not done enough (imo) to stop even more predatory third party item gambling sites. And whenever I bring stuff like that up people keep defending Valve.
We should be able to praise their great games and hardware, at the same time as criticising other parts of the company.
Okay well it was all in good faith. Your argument just couldnt sway me because it still sounds like its the parents fault for what they are buying for their kids. You come across as someone who wants guardrails across the internet to stop the big bad Gabe from getting kids into gambling. Which again to bring up another bad point, but kids can buy lottery scratch offs at walmart without id then go turn them in if its less then 500 or something without having to be 18. Then repeat that process. But loot boxes and whatever the fuck skins are which require their parents consent is where you really raise a fuss? Thats on the parents for failing to understand what the money is going to. Plus i dont even see this as a major issue with all the other shit thats an issue.
So yeah if your done then, then have a nice day, bye
It’s not really in good faith if you don’t care and you don’t want to try to be informed. You are seemingly unaware of the basic things at issue, but you’re sealioning to protect Valve. If you looked into things yourself, because you cared, fine. You don’t care, so pretending you do is arguing in bad faith. I shouldn’t need to inform you on everything Valve has done in the past 20+ years.
Yeah im not nitpicking them like you are, if i dont know of their crimes against humanity like you act, then i doubt they exist. I dont even care at all to protect valve, i just dont see tgem as a villain.