There should be no middleman, period. You used to be able to buy a game and play it fully offline without a launcher. And you could sell it used when you were finished. Steam normalized digital “ownership” taking away those rights.
Ultimately I agree with you. Steam offered it, and people took it. I don’t have a CD-rom drive anymore, and I doubt you do either. I don’t like that aspect of it either.
There should be no middleman, period. You used to be able to buy a game and play it fully offline without a launcher. And you could sell it used when you were finished. Steam normalized digital “ownership” taking away those rights.
Ultimately I agree with you. Steam offered it, and people took it. I don’t have a CD-rom drive anymore, and I doubt you do either. I don’t like that aspect of it either.