They don't seem to be particularly concerned about supporting the Russian war machine.

Beyond initial development costs, it didn't cost Valve anything to ship the Index with Alyx though. Bundling in a $200 voucher would be increasing the system price by $160 in direct cost to Valve for no reason, as consumers are likely to spend that after purchasing the system, but might be dissuaded by a high initial purchase price.

A more apt comparison in that scenario would be Valve bundling their entire software library with the Steam Machine, or developing a new game to bundle with it as a means of adding value.

And the average Trump voter will just accept that happily.

Because Valve would have to pay out 70% the value of the vouchers to developers in game redemptions; the break even point would therefore need to account for that amount being subtracted first (i.e. for $900 including a $200 voucher, $760).

At that point, Valve would likely have higher sales if they didn't include the voucher and reduced the price by the 70% in voucher value it would have cost them otherwise.

but then offer a $100 - $200 Steam voucher along with it?

Then the same thing would occur—buyers not interested in using Steam would sell the vouchers or the accounts those vouchers are tied to.

It's an insane violation of privacy to use AI-assisted traffic cameras to scan for seatbelt usage.

Trump is just trying to bring more people onto the side of supporting his illegal war on Iran by proposing an unrealistic risk of danger to the U.S.

App stores shouldn't have to register at all. If nothing is done about Google's plans to require developer registration to release apps, then their monopoly will be stronger than ever.

They shouldn't be allowed to relocate the entire executive branch to Mar a Lago just because Trump feels like it; it's financially wasteful and a mockery of responsible government.

The $175 billion itself is already theft from consumers when accounting for passed on costs.

Not supporting violations of international law is a pretty good option.

The Supreme Court has been packed with religious nutjobs who don't give a damn about the mental health of transgender students.