Between the TF2 situation, the CS2 anticheat, the continued existence of Banana, and the fact that they're using their veteran dev talent to make Quirky Cartoon MagentaShit Hero Shooter №51742, it's been interesting to watch Valve slowly erode their own public image
It didn't have to be this way, they're one of the last gaming companies that didn't have a reputation of greed and retardation and all they had to do was not fuck that up. They're not a publicly traded company, so they're not at the mercy of (((investors))). This is the fate they chose for themselves