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Is Valve spyware okay tho?
The lesser of two evils. Call me when MS makes a better compatibility layer than proton.
Love the whataboutism tho, when that's the last line of defense one knows MS is truly indefensible...
edit: spelling
What you’re calling Proton is mostly Wine which was developed by countless people unaffiliated with Valve and funded primarily by Codeweavers over past couple of decades.
There’s no lesser evil here, Valve is out there to make money by any means necessary, including marketing online gambling to children. Which is also why feature like this will never be implemented in Steam - they have a monopoly so why would they make it easier for others.
That is quite literally the point of owning and operating a business, income that is profitable is what every well developed business strives for.
That’s the case because of the capitalism of course but somehow Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft were mostly able to restrain themselves in that regard. I guess they face more scrutiny because their finances are public and Valve can pretend to be your friend because you don’t know how much money they print with electronic gambling. Valve has more in common with EA here.