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Remember that the portion of Steam users that use Proton regularly is less than 10%, if you include Deck users. That number is rising and is probably a major factor in the decision to switch, but it's still a minority.
It still doesn't matter for the Steam client. All it does is point to games and tell them to boot. The client itself doesn't act as a compatibility layer so the 32-bit vs 64-bit game argument isn't relevant