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Gamers act like Gabe Newell is a god, when he's just a billionaire that charged them more than he needed to, like all the others.
Epis using Fortnite money to break up Apple and Google's app store monopplies an objectively good ded
Newell is a billionaire like all the rest at 3.5B, but Sweeney is our savior fighting the good fight at 4.5B. Okay /s.
Sweeney is not lionized as a false saviour.
Newell is.
Sweeney certainly thinks he is.
I don't root for any rich guy over another, but I do think competition is the best way you're going to keep them in check for a commodity market with little regulation, at least.
On that front the cultish adoration of Newell and all the actively rooting for a Steam PC gaming monopoly is... worrying.