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The cause of enshittification is essentially the shareholder pressure for endless and exponential growth that comes from public ownership.
Valve is a privately held company, and as long as it remains that way it doesn't have those perverse incentives.
Gabe will never allow Valve to go public as long as he is in control, but after he is gone who knows.