Amazon Luna just proved the “Buy” button may not mean ownership. Games people paid full price for are disappearing, cloud saves are being deleted, and Amazon...
Having games on your disk without DRM. That IS ownership. There are ways for Steam to make it so customers own games, but it is not in their best interest to do so.
Valve is not very different from any other company. The only difference is that since Valve is privately owned they can afford to make long-term plans, unlike publicly traded companies which have a fiduciary responsibility to chase profits every quarter.
Having games on your disk without DRM. That IS ownership. There are ways for Steam to make it so customers own games, but it is not in their best interest to do so.
Valve is not very different from any other company. The only difference is that since Valve is privately owned they can afford to make long-term plans, unlike publicly traded companies which have a fiduciary responsibility to chase profits every quarter.