Can't you download your game off steam and play it forever; and if it can't connect to the service, it will just let you play offline?
Sure, that loses out on the ability to transfer it to a friend, but it's better.
Sure, that loses out on the ability to transfer it to a friend, but it's better.
But that's just using what you payed for, it only very slightly overlaps with what actually owning something entails.
That doesn't invalidate your other point.