There is a lot of conflicting information in this thread. Installation of Steam from package manager VS deb from Valve VS official Flatpak VS official Snap. I know that the official Snap is terrible so I'm ignoring it. The Flatpak has some permission issue but I heard it solves some compatibility issues for some games.
Someone should make a comprehensive guide for each type.
I remember Musk getting away from calling someone a pedophile because his lawyers argued that he said 'pedo' and not pedophile because pedo is a south african slur. It will be hard now that he has even more power.
This is the way