Valve, under Gabe Newell, actually does stand up for you
Yeah, it has its issues for sure here and there but,
Steam has kept the gaming industry in line in MANY WAYS, and without it things would be significantly worse
Valve is being rigorously attacked for being pro you ๐ซต
Valve in response to the New York Attorney General lawsuit:
โIt may have been easier and cheaper for Valve to make a deal with the NYAG, but we believed the type of deal that would satisfy the NYAG would have been bad for users and other game developers, and would have impacted our ability to innovate in game design.โ