> but for me personally what makes a difference and why I keep preferring them is their dedication to Linux as a platform and a general feeling that they are no

> but for me personally what makes a difference and why I keep preferring them is their dedication to Linux as a platform and a general feeling that they are not just driving me towards rent seeking For what it's worth, I have the exact same feelings. They provide so much value on-top of just being a store, and it does feel like they take the money and re-invest it into their ecosystem to make it better. They made gaming on Linux as easy as gaming on windows. They improved the controller situation in games. They do the whole remote-play stuff so you can play local-coop games online. They do the family sharing stuff. They do the steam link stuff. And they don't lock any of it down to their first party offerings. e.g. * They could have easily made steamlink only work with their set-top box, but they just made it an android app. * They could have limited the controller bindings and tech to only their controller, but they made it work for all controllers. * They could have forced you to use their VR headset with steam, but they let you use any headset. I can't think of any other company off the top of my head that has done something similar.