I hated Steam at first, but purchasing Half-Life 2 on launch day and then being unable to play the single player game you physically had in your hands because t

I hated Steam at first, but purchasing Half-Life 2 on launch day and then being unable to play the single player game you physically had in your hands because the servers you need to login to were overload will do that to you. Overtime they slowly won me over, but I'd like not not have to rely on a company being a good steward of anything.