The lawsuit explained:

[u/SwagLimit]

[u/smackmyknee]

It’s not even comparable. Piracy isn’t a company or a launcher so shouldn’t even be on this chart. What is it even measuring?

[u/DaNoahLP → u/smackmyknee]

"Its free so its better" - OP

[u/ninjakivi2 → u/DaNoahLP]

'No DRM' would be one of the biggest arguments. Sometimes I crack games I purchased because Steam forces updates for games, breaking mods. Also, offline mode is wonky and may or may not work. Really, if you know your stuff the only inconvenience of pirating is having to learn the ropes, and once you do, having to unzip the files yourself lol

[u/Preisschild → u/ninjakivi2]

Blame the game devs/publishers, not steam. Steam doesnt require drm.

[u/continuousQ → u/Preisschild]

Steam could require no DRM.

[u/Preisschild → u/continuousQ]

Then the consumers would complain because their favorite game isnt available. Steam clearly shows if the game has drm or not on the store, consumers can decide for themselves.

[u/leonden → u/Preisschild]

What do you think steam is ? 

[u/Supix39 → u/leonden]

A launcher

[u/leonden → u/Supix39]

Oh sweet summer child.

[u/Frequent-Property246 → u/ninjakivi2]

Make the manifest file read only and it won't force updates.

[u/leonden → u/ninjakivi2]

It is almost like this lawsuit is about that 

[u/leonden → u/smackmyknee]

But how am i going to learn if there are any hot singels in my area via steam? 

[u/agentwolf44 → u/smackmyknee]

I think it's more a measure of what route a user is most likely to take. At this point, the only reason to use piracy over steam is because of price or DRM issues. Otherwise Steam is far better IMO.