> I do not like the app store model. I rather buy from the developer. You, as a person might not like it and you as a developer might like to directly sell gam

> I do not like the app store model. I rather buy from the developer. You, as a person might not like it and you as a developer might like to directly sell games, but as pointed out above, Steam/Valve does make it easier for the developer to be legally clear in terms of taxes, refunds, etc. and also makes it easier to distribute by leveraging their "warehouse" which some do prefer.