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Valve is one of the few companies I would someone trust with this promise... So long as the current people in charge are still in charge.
Whoever takes over might have very different ideas.
This is exactly my issue with every single company. They start off great and then the original owner/CEO croaks and we get Mr/Mrs Chicago Business School asshole who swoops in For The Shareholders™ and burns all the goodwill to the ground in the name of Profits!™©®
That's my problem with all of patent and copyright. The people who make something matter are not the money people who claimed it all.
Valve is currently a private company, which is likely why they've been able to avoid enshittification for so long. All we can do is hope that whoever eventually takes over when Gabe steps down also has his ideals at heart.
They won't. It will go to the highest bidder. Every company does. Stop thinking your favourite one is a special exception. The problem is systemic.
Things can definitely change, but I've got half a dozen games that still run that you can't get on steam anymore. You can also add games that steam doesn't sell so I get the skepticism but so far they've been good
Can't buy or can't install anymore? Because that's a huge difference in my book.
You can reinstall any game you've purchased even after it's no longer being sold.
That's what I meant to imply.
They can revoke stuff from your library.
They just usually don't have a reason to do so.
(Also, you might not be able to get older versions of the game anymore. Meaning that you may be stuck with unwanted content changes in some games.)
They can't revoke anything if it's not installed where they think it is.
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Well they can revoke your ability to use the Steam client to install and access it.
But of course, fuck that. Steam doesn't need to monitor what we do with our games 24/7.