HL2 is probably my favorite game of all time. Also worth noting that HL1 looks dated as hell now and Its probably worth paying for and playing Black-Mesa instead. Only thing you'll miss is Xen which is a just a tiny fraction of the original campaign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa_(video_game)

This is the same strategy Google and Apple use with their app stores. This level of moderation is definitely possible in the valley.

OT: Languages are the biggest lock-in + market barrier for others an economy has (best example is China). Great that English has got even bigger as a lingua france since the Internet started. I think every try to spread local languages is just wasted time. I am rather afraid that more tech leadership comes from China (I am looking at all the Chinese Githup repo READMEs).