Aver: Of course we can have casual discussion about our preferences etc., but don't try convince me that I'm wrong because I like different thing than you. ;)
I don't think many - if any - of the DRM-free crowd have been trying to convince the Steam fan(atic)s that they are wrong for using Steam (HiPhish briefly perhaps, but not really anyone else). As I and others have said before, if Steam works for you, that's great. What many of the DRM-free crowd are campaigning for is more a matter of choice. Steam doesn't work for everyone.
Sure, you can use Steam if you want, and Steam can be a fine thing when it's not a leash, but many reasonable folk would rather have the option of a DRM-free copy (possibly foregoing Steam's features in the process). That's why the Humble Bundle approach - THQ bundle notwithstanding - is really the way to go.
So there is nothing wrong with 'liking' Steam. There is, however, something wrong with insulting people who prefer a DRM-free
option as being 'backward', 'unreasonable', 'quaint' or 'old-fashioned' as people like SimonG, FredDM or Pheace seem to do on a regular basis. People like this don't want to accept that Steam is not a one-size-fits-all solution. They think because it works for them, that anyone for whom it doesn't work must be stupid or doing it wrong.
People who see themselves as superior because they use what they perceive as 'superior technology' and look down on people who stick with what works for them are the worst kind. Just imagine how things will be if streaming ever takes off. The streamers will be looking down on Steam users as being 'quaint', 'obsessed with local storage' and 'backward'.
