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So how are you going to buy games if you've killed all the launchers. No Steam, no Epic, no GOG Galaxy. Are you going to download everything over http from your

• pornel 5y ago
  They can exist for purchasing and managing the games. But it's ridiculous that if you log in to Steam and launch a game from there, you're then prompted to register and log in in some other crappy needy launcher that provides absolutely no value to the user.
• wingmanjd 5y ago
  Technically, GOG lets you download installers via https, but I agree that it's a pain point vs a game launcher where you can, with minimal effort, queue up multiple downloads/ installs.
  • account42 5y ago
    I think in an ideal world the program you run to download and launch the games and the service selling and providing those games would be entirely separate.
• jmyeet 5y ago
  The same way you installed that launcher: by downloading it and running it. For the record, I have no issue with Steam's launcher because it basically works (although it gets slammed on big releases, which is an issue) and it doesn't force you into a nonexistent social network.