I Deleted My Steam Account After 20 Years

Steam and valve has revolutionized the gaming industry in software, Linux gaming, hardware, VR, and distribution. This is a crazy opinion to have

For those who don't know, Kaldaien is a prolific modder of PC games, a well known and frequently controversial figure. He has created QoL patches and fixes for various games that were released but 'ignored' by their publishers afterwards. PCGW reference: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_compatible_w...

He seems a bit unhinged and has a personal vendetta here. Misplaced outrage. Microsoft has done more damage to the industry than good

I must admit that the Steam client is quite slow and bloated. Having used it for many years, I often avoid launching it. Epic has replicated these same issues. Consequently, I end up using GOG instead.

> "Stores should only provide DRM, and anything else that they do must be optional."

Why would I buy at ${store} then? If a store has features, while piracy does not have them, I have an incentive to buy at the store. If a store only has DRM, while piracy does not, I will be incentivised to use piracy.

I need to use a crack anyway to play the official steam distribution of Medieval or skip the Windows 11 installer of CnC Generals anyhow, so piracy is needed anyway. The store seems to never be needed.

The nice thing is having a community page tell me to skip installers or the faulty DRM in just one place, but $store pays their community zero worth back for doing their tech support.