Yeah me too since I don’t really play multiplayer games developed by valve anymore.

I will say though, to me it is a lot more than just loot boxes. These “in game” items have real world value which add to the risk reward factor that made them so addictive to me growing up

Valve hasn’t really done much to stop this issue

I think people just ignore and don’t pay attention to them. Also valve is great at hiding them.

It’s no secret that a lot of their ventures are funded by child gambling addictions that valve has enabled

I don’t use the Amazon launcher, but I’m pretty sure the Amazon games are DRM free as well. Not sure if it’s all of them but I know a lot are