Let’s see…

• “No takesies-backsies” refund policy.
• User “reviews” are hidden and only used to serve you better ads.
• Supported platforms are Windows and Windows.
• “Join our Discord to discuss game.”
• Controller input rebinding is nonexistent; disabled people don’t matter.
• Controllers are supported… except when doing anything before the game is actually launched.
• Download strange DLLs from websites to install mods.
• Alt-tab between your game and YouTube to read guides.

And little Timmy said gaming would be better without a Steam monopowly.

It’s likely going to be a bit of both.

It would be extremely convenient for Muskrat if NASA no longer had the engineering budget to design their own rockets while simultaneously having a higher budget for private contractors.

It would be extremely easy to sell the idea to people who don’t look past the raw numbers, too. Frame it as though NASA is spending $400 million on projects that have already been done by the private sector and propose half of it gets reallocated to contracting and the other half gets cut to lower expenses. Musk sycophants will praise him for being a genius, MAGA morons will congratulate him on being “efficient” and fixing the economy, and he’ll have his nice little oligarchy just like he wanted.