They bootstrapped Steam by forcing it on CS players, and many of us oldschool players boycotted it by playing on old servers for months. I was probably one of t

They bootstrapped Steam by forcing it on CS players, and many of us oldschool players boycotted it by playing on old servers for months. I was probably one of the last of those to give in and install Steam because I feared what would happen if they were successful. They were successful beyond anything I thought possible at the time, yet they've justified none of my fears. It's probably wishful thinking, but I like to think Steam is such a force because Valve have earned and kept the trust of many (initially very skeptical) gamers over the course of _decades_ at this point. I'd rewind the clock to the Before Steam times if I could, but short of that--if I have to pick my poison and choose _some_ platform--it's Steam with zero hesitation.