zeogold: I wasn't here to hear about it, but wow. Sorry to hear about that. Alright, I can understand your paranoia, then. As I've said before, it's only fine if you have a stable internet connection (although the same could be said when you're downloading the game). Otherwise, yeah, I can see where you're coming from. The issue of internet still sort of shifts the argument to physical copies of games rather than DRM, but let's not go there in this thread. Carry on, then.
And even before the incident, Steam was downgrading while Origin was upgrading. What? Steam got trading cards and some useless full screen UI? And its still messy as hell? What, Origin is solid and fast? And it works more than Steam ever does?
It does not only shift the argument to physical copies but it still ends back up in DRM. In my case, I had DRM for a little while. Then, *poof!* That's what happened. The result is:
1. No DRM'd games would work properly. Yes your already downloaded and installed games would not work.
2. Physical copies with mandatory Steam registrations or whatever wouldn't work because, duh, DRM!
If it were for the download, that wouldn't be a problem as much as having to keep an account logged in along with a client and an always-on DRM. Humble Bundle and GOG DRM-free alleviates this issue even if they are reliant on a download, as I get to back them up to DVDs and HDDs later on.