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Have you ever bought a game via a Steam key? Those use Steam's infrastructure for distribution while not providing them (Steam) any income.
As someone that has entered so many Steam keys over the years (over 1,000) yet only bought maybe 20 games from Steam I almost feel bad, but the dev was following the rules and Steam is okay with it (as long as they aren't selling those keys for less than they can be purchased on Steam for).
Steam keys are a drop in the bucket.
Regardless, this case isn’t about keys either, but Valve pressuring publishers to set prices of games sold outside of the Steam ecosystem entirely.