>>717697767Beyond the commonly cited problems, because it prevents the end-user from doing what the fuck they want to do with the install for the game they paid for, and always requires an internet connection.
More than once I was doing shit, internet went out because ISP's don't know the definition of 100.000% uptime, so I go "Oh, lets go play this single player video game I've been meaning to play." Nope, fuck you, you don't get to play this game because we can't phone home.
And you have to make sure you transfer some random ass other files if you're doing a mass drive transfer or otherwise again, nope fuck you.
These might sound minor in the grand scheme of things, but there are plenty of situations not knowing this fucks things up. Yeah, good luck with playing that Denuvo infested game on a SteamDeck while travelling where internet is virtually non-existent.