Sure it’s been speculated, but if there were obvious signs like commits in the fex repos by valve employees then wouldn’t there have been more than speculation?
They have not. I can‘t provide you the link, but it was long speculated that they are working on an ARM device. Also you cannot really hide activity in an open source project. It was just not officially communicated that these changes have been funded by Valve.
smeg@feddit.uk 23 hours ago
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 16 hours ago
Also you cannot really hide activity in an open source project.
You could, if the person was not known to work for the company.
artyom@piefed.social 23 hours ago
You cant hide the activity but you can hide the contributors and/or the funding.