@Mromson well, use the "easier ways" but don't feel entitled to prance around in developer's forum then. Do you know how hard it is for a small developer like Larian to find a publisher at all? If they finally do get one, who happens to demand DRM and Securom specifically do you really think the dev is in any position to say no to this?
The Dev is a position to say no to anything, especially when the developer has no reason to agree with the publishers demands concerning Steam, which already has it's own Steam-DRM and sale tracking.
As a consumer, I don't give a rats ass what the developer has problems with. It's not my place to care - having a demanding publisher is no reason to insult your consumers.