> You had to buy games at real $40-$60 prices but you could only play them through this limited service.

sigh As a gamer and actual Stadia user this is not a complete or fair depiction. Like almost every other cloud/gaming service including Xbox etc. Stadia had a "Pro" subscription model which have you access to dozens (hundreds?) of games.

Furthermore "you could only play them through this limited service" is exactly the same model as every other gaming service!