Richarrrrdwhat about the time they attempted to circumvent EU law in a really sad, slimy way, which dragged them into a legal battle with the australian federal court where they tried to stall for as long as possible so no one would find out how much money they actually have
Valve is effectively a publishing company which always have the scummiest business models on earth. They're effectively just a middleman so they don't have to really employ anyone, and the main thing they're providing for people is exposure so they almost always end up with monopolies (because people want to be on the biggest platform). I'm sure Valve's profit margins are enormous and any of the tech or games they do work on can afford to fail completely because they can just grab some more from the money printer.