None of the competitors have great linux support and great gamepad support. I have no love for steam, for me it just happens to be the best platform from a technical point of view.

Wow, the audacity of this bit**. Dude has literally been the lapdog of the US for over 10 years, undermining every single sovereign stuff we had.

You might like this initiative: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/uncensored-library