Why not? Hyperboles are a literary tool, and meant to be used.
Unfortunately its as off topic as your random hate for companies and literary structure, so I'm a bit hesitant to continue this debate.
That being said I'd assume it was in their test suite considering their haste.
Doing things the wrong way will always be cheaper, Elon had the same argument as you when he used a padlock to secure a datacenter worth of confidential twitter data. It makes money immediately, but anyone with a 2and grade education realises time exists beyond the next quarterly report.
Properly auditing and testing software takes time, looks like shit quarterly, and develops a long term following leading to stable profits. I see no reason for Steam to have changed from this path.