Steam has figured it out because they&#x27;re the rake; it&#x27;s like being the house at a casino where you let people gamble against each other at poker. You don&#x27;t care who wins or who loses, because you&#x27;re taking a cut of everything. Meanwhile, the user experience on Steam is getting worse all the time, and developers aren&#x27;t really happy with them either.<p>And yes, Valve profits off you. But if you were the only game consumer there was, Steam would cease to exist.