What you’re describing, a company that’s collectively owned by members of the company, is called a workplace co-op and it exists as an option within socialism but not a requirement. It’s pretty rare.
It’s interesting to try to separate those two categories. Why else would a dev do those things unless they’re out of touch with actual gaming? I mean, adding a way to skip a cut scene is definitely not a budget issue.
“WorldNews” on both Reddit and Lemmy is just a psyops vector