I mean... I don't disagree that it's the best non-curated platform, but... that's still not good.
I don't disagree that many indies and even mid-sized studios should be more realistic about their potential, and I do agree that for a gig economy-style algorithm the crowdsourced tag system works pretty well on Steam and has more granularity than the jankier phone store app equivalent.
But it's still 100% algo sorting and it's still 100% driving ancient GaaS to the top and fossilizing it there. If you can't muster a trailer at one of Keighley's gigs or a massive influencer campaign you get exactly one shot at clearing the algorithm bars for Steam's front page and then the algo will dump you all the way down to the pits. I know for a fact that a bunch of indies and AAs are playing the exact same sort of SEO games and algo reverse-engineering you see on phone shovelware. Steam plays in that league.
I think there are pros and cons of that against a fully curated front page, and it's probably easier to at least have a chance here than back when first party certification was an actual investment, but I'm not sure I necessarily like what comes out the other end at scale.