There is a price you pay for convenience. Some are willing to pay that price, others not so much. The worry is that when you get too many people willing to pay that price is that it eventually no longer becomes an option. When that happens, it isn't a feature, it is a dictation, a control by the industry. Ultimately, you really don't want that to happen.
If it ever gets to that point I will happily go back to the way I did things before I started using Steam. I was dead against Steam until I had to use it for a boxed copy of Portal I was given as a gift. Since then it has made my (& my kids) gaming experiences better & better.
