I've found myself having to deal with roughly 100% more bullshit launcher-patch-launcher-settings-signup-login-wait crap since I've started buying games on Stea

I've found myself having to deal with roughly 100% more bullshit launcher-patch-launcher-settings-signup-login-wait crap since I've started buying games on Steam instead of just straight up pirating them like I did when I was dirt poor. Honestly, about 1 in every 2-3 games I play I find myself wondering why I didn't just pirate it to begin with. When your software has the kind of extra "features" that make your user base actually consider downloading a cracked, illegal copy after buying the real deal, you know you've royally fucked up somewhere along the way.