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I love how Valve's strategy is basically just 'don't piss off the customers and occasionally do something super fucking cool', while everyone else in the space seems to be cutting off their nose to spite their face
Benefits of not beinp publicly traded.
Valve also gutted their LGBTQIA+ content a few months back. And they have had a MASSIVE nazi infestation basically since they set up message boards because Gabe Newell is infamously libertarian.
So... chill a bit with the glazing. They are better in a lot of ways but they are not our friends.
You are were the game removals are due to MasterCard and Visa right?
Unless it's their UI, they love to do pointless changes nowadays. On top of the stuff mentioned by the other replie