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Valve lets them add DRM after launch, you buy a game and play it for months or even years and then BAM! you have online DRM or anti-tamper killing mods or a flippin rootkit for crappy cross platform multiplayer that never works, or adding a damn third party launcher along with the Ubislop levels of derp and Bamco/ATLUS inability to eveer patch anything that's actually wrong but "fix" cracked DRM instantly...
Until I can count on Steam to let me keep what I flippin' paid for they are beyond sus, and my (Crap, 1337, what a game count.) "Game Industry Guardian" becomes a "Meh, nah, I'll use your forums to ask the dev if they plan a GOG release and maybe redeem some Humble keys if they're cheap enough to consider it a demo for a GOG purchase later."