Anti-consumer is forcing them to use a service they don’t want to in order to use the thing they paid for. Someone using steam clearly wants to use steam.
Now, is it a good idea to put all our eggs in the valve basket? Probably not, but that’s not “anti-consumer”, it’s just unwise.
I was forced to use Steam when I bought a physical copy of Portal and the only thing inside was a CD with Steam installer and a code. I didn’t want Steam, but it was the only way to play Portal.
Anti-consumer is forcing them to use a service they don’t want to in order to use the thing they paid for. Someone using steam clearly wants to use steam.
Now, is it a good idea to put all our eggs in the valve basket? Probably not, but that’s not “anti-consumer”, it’s just unwise.
Nah that’s cool, thanks for your view. I’m on board with what you’re saying.
I fucking hate launchers with a passion, almost as much as I hated when Steam came out with one of the Half Life patches.
Admittedly though, if there was going to be one current launcher to rule them all, Steam is the best bet.
I was forced to use Steam when I bought a physical copy of Portal and the only thing inside was a CD with Steam installer and a code. I didn’t want Steam, but it was the only way to play Portal.
So Steam is also anti-consumer.
I mean, sure, but that Portal launch was almost 2 decades ago lol