i don't exactly understand what tactics valve uses to exert their 'monopoly'. i only use steam because it shits on any other launcher, and it has its own input wrapper!!! want to rebind something you can't ingame? just use steam input. ez. want a quick tip? just search the guides. steam has so much crap built into it, nothing compares really. the only thing preventing me from using epic or gog is that their feature sets suck, mainly because they dont have any &gt;_&gt;