I agree with @mediumdeviation about the Gatekeepers section remarks. Steam cost real money to develop and operate. Valve also has additional operating expenses

I agree with @mediumdeviation about the Gatekeepers section remarks. Steam cost real money to develop and operate. Valve also has additional operating expenses as a business. It's a free market and others are free to compete with Steam with a lower priced product. Additionally, the creator had a choice whether or not to distribute via Steam, and obviously the decided that the benefit outweighs the cost. I don't mean to be rude, but I lost interest in finishing what at first appeared to be a potentially interesting article based on the naivety of these remarks. I would suggest to the author to give it more thought.