No, dialup was still common in the early days of Steam, game content was not largely being delivered as downloads yet and discs were still useful because it could not yet be taken for grated that a customer would be always online.
But I'd still rather download a game straight from the developer or publisher without an additional middleman. Privacy aside, the cost of that rent seeking from Steam gets passed along to you.
Before Steam you bought a physical disc and it didn't matter that you technically only purchased a license, the disc was yours and nobody was coming to your house to take it away if the publisher started fighting with the developer or whatever.
My computer is a plex server, a homeassistant server, it runs cron jobs, there's a web server with some automation and browsing utilities I use throughout the day. It's on 24/7, doesn't sleep.
Because they get away with their crimes for decades and then they're old by the time there's an attempt at accountability.
So the woman won't scream if a fake trans rapist starts raping them? The justice system won't prosecute an accused fake trans rapist because there's a newer social contract?
Oh I see, it's like bankruptcy.
Is there a magical barrier that keeps men who don't say they're trans from entering women's bathrooms?
It's sad how many docile idiots remained on Reddit and Twitter after last year.
Right, meaning that it's pointless and costly for them to have a terms of service that directs people to arbitration, hence this change to their terms of service.
Fuck you, I'm not wading through your fuckass prompts when I could toggle one simple switch.