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it's about enabling the PC gaming ecosystem, removing barriers to people who want to create games.
The entirety of valve's motives post HL2 has been pushing this, from the steam OS to the steam workshop and how it worked with TF2
Their main product is a proprietary third party software launcher. Valve is a for profit company that goes as down as pushing gambling to kids in order to milk more billions for its ceo.
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam
How come they allow the sales of games that don't use their launcher?