> It's like getting angry about mockery of the tobacco industry using feminism at some point to get women into smoking, because it puts feminism in a bad light and punches it down or whatever.

That would be more like the kind of wake-washing that "you people" (what's the equivalent of marxist? Adam Smith), you Smithes also dislike?

>Karl Marx being generally held in high regard among people who are criticizing the mocking of those predatory practices

I really doubt this, The only communist game devs I know are ZA/UM (Disco Elysium (amazing game)) and they are as far from being exploitative game devs as you can get.