DRM and such

[caravel]

I think it was a mayor improved when they made it steam powered. It's a much better multiplayer solution then gamespy (now that was something I didn't want installed on my computer)

DRM of some sort is a fact of life for anyone buying any software these days. If you Windows, then your system is probably full of it already. The only alternative is to avoid proprietary software where possible (as I do).

[SpencerH]

I have other problems with Steam but my main problem is not with the Steam business concept per ce, it's with the Steam client. In order to play a game that I have purchased I have to allow the installation of a program that must be allowed internet access (at least intermittantly), can be 'updated' ie changed at will by a third party, sends information from my PC to others without my knowing what is being sent, when it is being sent, and to where it is being sent. It's too much of security risk for me.