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Dear Valve,

I’m a big fan of Steam, your electronic distribution system. I like the fact that, unlike brick-and-mortar game stores, Steam will never run out of stock of popular titles. If a game is available on Steam now, it will still be available six months from now.

I like the fact that the games are stripped of annoying copy-protection schemes. I’m sure the Steam client has some DRM of its own but it’s unobtrusive. It’s nice not to need the disc in the drive even after I’ve done a full-installation.

I like the fact I don’t have to hunt down the latest patches as games are patched automatically. No more hunting around for the final patch for older titles.

Or so I thought.

It turns out, Valve, Steam can get annoying as well. And when Steam gets annoying, it gets very annoying.
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