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I feel similarly, but I don't (often) see people forgiving Steam's faults. You can like a product and a company for doing good things for you without believing they're beyond fault. Steam is pretty fucking nice. Saying you like it doesn't mean you believe it's 100% good and Gaben can do no wrong.
I think people just ignore and don't pay attention to them. Also valve is great at hiding them.
It's no secret that a lot of their ventures are funded by child gambling addictions that valve has enabled
I always forget about loot boxes tbh, because I don't use them. But you're totally right.
Yeah me too since I don't really play multiplayer games developed by valve anymore.
I will say though, to me it is a lot more than just loot boxes. These "in game" items have real world value which add to the risk reward factor that made them so addictive to me growing up
Valve hasn't really done much to stop this issue