They never said they don’t give a shit, they’re clearly happy that the broken clock was right this time of day. Nobody is praising EA as a company, but this one particular action they have taken is pretty based

Do you have a source for this? I’ve only seen and heard of bots in quick play matches

This is only the case if you’re getting stomped in quick play. Comp matches don’t have bots fortunately and I’ve had plenty of close games

Genshin alone made over 700 mil last year, this is just cost of doing business for them

How is it “virtually a requirement”? Nothing is stopping any devs from selling their games elsewhere, but most of them see the advantages that steam brings to the consumers and don’t bother trying to compete. If steam was buying up publishers and forcing exclusivity then that would absolutely be monopolistic behavior, but they are just beating the competition by being better.

Yes.