![](/static/66c60d9f/assets/icons/icon-96x96.png)
![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/q98XK4sKtw.png)
5·
3 months agoRan rm -rf after copying filepath with a space. The directory up to the space did exist. Fortunately so did a backup.
Cleaned a secondary drive mounted at the same point without noticing I was on the wrong SSH terminal tab, at least twice.
The thing is that Steam doesn’t have a history of shutting down a significant fraction of games they have available by themselves. Hence people don’t criticize them.
Also you can (not saying that you should, I personally don’t trust Gabe) put some tust in a private owned company if you trust the owners.
In case of public companies they are forced by law and major shareholders into making shortsighted decisions and prioritizing profit only.