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Originally Posted by Redroach
Hey, wait! Do I have to use stream? Why that, suddenly? I'm already annoyed by that other method of verifying myself and downloading patches - and now, stream comes on top of that? Maybe I should contact stream customer support too, as stream was totally uncalled for; for me at least. And I didn't hear too much noise about stream in these forums either!
Stream gets a clear "dislike" from me!
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Well, i don't like it either, but in all fairness there was ample warning about this on the forums here and some massive debates. The main positive thing about steam is that it gets the game some increased exposure and a better split of the price for 1c.
At least it works in offline mode and most of the fluff can be disabled, leaving the relatively minor annoyance of having to run an extra application before you can launch the sim.
Don't get me wrong, i don't hate it on principle "just because" and it hasn't given me any real trouble even though it's totally new to me, i just don't want extra layers of dependencies on my gaming simply on a "just in case" basis.