>make my first account at the age of 22 so i can play gmod (always wanted to as a kid, only owned a console though)>download the client & install it >greeted by 300mb update >once that's over with it opens>giant ad promoting some sale pops up, have to close it>greeted by ugly ass 2000s interface (that doesnt even have a light mode) and apparently the entire client is just a chromium shell >buy my game and download it >open it, find out you cant play games without the bloated client open in the background>box pops up for 10 seconds and tells me i can use the heckin steam overlay to stream shit>have fun in game>oh boy ive earned trading cards! i can use them to buy PROFILE DECORATIONS and i can even trade them for GEMS!>apparently it's also a SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM!!! WAOWWWWW I CAN MAKE GROUPS AND ADD FRIENDS TO PLAY WITH! im rambling at this point but does anyone actually enjoy using that piece of shit? is there not a way to just get a minimal version that does a DRM check and then goes away?i dont want gaming facebook on my computer. on my xbox i'd literally just open the game and there were no stupid little interactions after that.
>>107798867>>>/v/
>>107798867You can disable the overlay and notificationsYou can make the client open quietly in the backgroundYou can't do anything about the updates and UI, as far as I know
Zoom zoom
>>107798867>using steam for the first time>to play Gmod>in the year of our lord 0x7EA
>>107798867Buy the DVD then.
>Have 19 year old account>Still prompted to add credit card for age verificationthat's my only gripe, otherwise it just werkz and makings gaming on Linux mostly trivial
>is there not a way to just get a minimal version that does a DRM check and then goes away?GoldbERG emu.
>>107803392thisalso get out of the UK while you can anon
>>107798867>>oh boy ive earned trading cards!>complains about free moneyDo zoomers really.
>>107798922>>>/adv/
>>107798867You can pretty much ignore everything you mentioned (except DRM) and just open the library and play.
>>107798867>deletes your games
len sexo
>>107798867>t. Tim CuckneyPeople don't want you or your shitty store even when you give games away for free fuck off.>b-b-b-b-butNo one cares Timmy boy.
>>107798867The only thing I remember about steam is that I couldn't run my Half-Life Anthology DVD without it so straight into the bin they both went.First and last time I ever got scamned by commie slop.
>she doesn't use GOG
>>107798867>>>/v/wrong board op
>>107798867valveniggers arent people
>>107803532>get outIDK where, I'm a self-sufficient neet with no intention of working for others again
