Unfortunately, I don’t think we have a choice. In this capitalist society, money is key to get things moving forward.

Griffais says the company is also directly paying more than 100 open-source developers to work on the Proton compatibility layer, the Mesa graphics driver, and Vulkan, among other tasks like Steam for Linux and Chromebooks. https://www.theverge.com/23499215/valve-steam-deck-interview-late-2022

If it weren’t for Valve, Linux gaming would not be at this advanced stage.