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Steam consistently draws CPU resources. I make sure to disable it on startup. The storefront webview-wrapper also chugs hard and is much slower than just opening the site in a web browser. It updates every time it's launched. It always shows some kind of popup/advertisement... It's software I begrudgingly install.

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I installed Steam because Valve bought Counter-Strike and made Steam a requirement to update it or play it online. Since Counter-Strike was originally a free mod, Steam only allows me to access what it took from me in the first place.

Alexander wanted to fulfill a wish for Diogenes and asked him what he desired. Diogenes replied, "Stand out of my light."

Surely you can see that Steam has come a long way since then. Hope you're not really still upset about that.

I feel the software has become significantly worse since its original Counter Strike release.

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