To put it another way, albeit shouldn't be used with independent clauses. 1. I leave Steam running all the time (although I never open Steam Chat). 2. I leave

To put it another way, albeit shouldn't be used with independent clauses. 1. I leave Steam running all the time (although I never open Steam Chat). 2. I leave Steam running all the time (albeit never with Steam Chat). "I never open Steam Chat" can stand on its own as a sentence, but "never with Steam Chat" does not and thus can be appropriately modified with albeit.