Found this on r/LeftistGamersUnion. These are not my own words, just a cross post.
“Some clarification for gaming ban in China also AMA
TL;DR As a Chinese gamer, I truly support the ban because the ban ONLY applies on trash games like gatcha and WOW rip off games. It also only applied on Chinese EA, which is Tencent.
Chinese gaming industry is plagued by Tencent monopoly. Except Tencent, most other companies only make WOW rip offs Since it was popular in 90s and there are tons of middle-aged dude pay to play it.
Tencent gaming only have rip offs and 2 moba games, LOL and it's mobile vision. Its main income come from mobile lol, which unlike lol you guys know, is full of pay-to-win mechanics. Yet it provide most of profit for Tencent gaming.
Tencent, killed all hope of Chinese gamers. Chinese companies made some cuttin edge games in 2000s but most of them die off because of piracy, which is no surprise Tencent was in it.
Some times Tencent rip offs perform even better than the original. Why? Tencent monopolized social media as well.
It's also the reason most Chinese hate the company. People who don't want to play arr forced to play due to peer pressure. It also create a huge problem on kids because Tencent targets kids as young as 10 start to play and pay. And that's the main reason behind the ban.
Steam on the other hand, is in a gray zone. CPC allowed steam to operate with minimum oversee in China, but it technically not under Chinese administration, so the ban DOES NOT apply on steam games.
I know gate keeping is bad, but the problem is beyond imagine for western gamers. Tencent, which is the main target of the ban, already destroyed gaming in China. I fully support CPC on this. CPC had lots of new policies support gaming industry in China recently, so the ban helps gamer get rid of Chinese EA.“