this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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Agreed; I would much prefer games and their storefronts to be open-source.
Of what we have today, though, most of Steam's competitors are far worse in this area.
Special nod to GOG, which lets you download games with a web browser. (Does Itch do this, too?)