Yep, companies give “unlimited PTO” because it’s a way to actually reduce the amount of PTO employees take.
Give them 20 days PTO/year? They’ll take around 20 a year.
Give them unlimited PTO? They need to justify every bit of PTO, so probably only get to take 4 or 5 for important days.
It does not whip the llamas ass.
Games need to live closer to the bleeding edge than a lot of other software.
Also, for wine/proton, and the other customisations built into the deck, it makes sense to pick a starting point that is more built for customisation. By that I mean there was probably less things they needed to add or remove at the start.
As mentioned, it’s also likely there was personal bias internally. But even that can be a valid reason as they need to be familiar/comfortable with the starting distro.
Not saying that Debian cannot do it, but doing it this way probably made valve’s employees lives easier.
CHANGE HIM!
FEED HIM!
SWADDLE HIM!
CHANGE HIM AGAIN!
AND AGAIN!
HOW DOES SUCH A SMALL BEING MAKE SO MUCH POOP?!
Because even if this was implemented, rich assholes will find ways around it.
That house? Oh it’s owned by an LLC that rents it from the company I own for $1a month, I then house sit as a second job for $1 a month.
That car? Same deal.
My internet, home phone, electricity, water, insurance and all other home expenses? Paid for by my company as part of WFH rules for executives.
I also have regular business meetings in Hawaii and other overseas locations for business purposes.