I don't know why people think Newell is anything but standard subhuman billionaire trash.

Amerikkkans are always searching for the one good capitalist who pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become just a smol bean billionaire. Even many who should know better subconsciously still believe in the Amerikkkan Dream.

Steam does have some benefits, however, that I don't blame people for enjoying. It's more convenient that 1000 CDs with 1000 different DRM schemes. It's convenient to have a central library for managing and launching everything, though that could have been accomplished in a vendor neutral way (but wasn't because there's no profit in that).