Most people connected to the Internet today have never owned a desktop computer nor an HDD. A crazy amount of people have been introduced to computing with smartphones.
AI technologie could be nice. LLM and Diffusion models ruining the Internet with fake information and Fake art, being over hyped as AI that will change the world, all while burning up unimaginable amounts of energy? Yeah, I also hope it goes away.
They don't do nothing though. They maintain a distribution platform, do a lot of work to improve a giant database of games and classify them in terms of hardware compatibility, curated user reviews, genre, recommendations. They develop HW produces setting trends in the industry.
They are taking good strategic decisions in their business and it's paying off. They use their leadership position to improve and innovate rather than enshitify. I think, because the leadership at Valve are passionate people. You can't have passionate leaders if you are directed by a board of shareholders...
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