I don't think you're applying the term vendor lock-in correctly here.
The next day, he added another response to the community note, agreeing that Valve"doesn't kidnap you and force you to use Steamworks," but suggesting that it is impractical for developers not to use it.
Considering that developers offer their games on other platforms with minimal fuss all the time like recently with the new Control Resonate just released on GoG, I think saying there some nefarious vendor lock is kind of ridiculous.