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Proton, as the article states, is a Valve project. It's a downstream distribution of Wine, which is a massive collaborative effort involving CodeWeavers, Valve, volunteers, and others. My point was only about the segue into platform fee criticism.
Since you're framing this as 'rage bait,' I'll respectfully disengage here. All the best.
Valve, as in a single paid developer.