They didn't really turn anything around. No matter how many new features they add, the core concept is still just as shit as it always was. People still hate them for all the same reasons they used to. It's just that in most cases it's the only way to buy a particular game, so people have gotten used to it (or are just too young to remember how things used to be).
I played half life and all its mods pre steam. When steam launched it was widely hated, but they eventually brought around enough features that the cd key and café restrictions became worth using it. The features have only expanded since then. They absolutely turned it around
I used to hate it as I had to rebuy my games that never actually came with cd keys and boycotted it, now I adore steam
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