[Dibby053]

This goes a step further than a typical CD key because the license is contingent on one's Steam account. If you lose your Steam account you lose all your licenses.

>The Content and Services are licensed, not sold. Your license confers no title or ownership in the Content and Services. To make use of the Content and Services, you must have a Steam Account and you may be required to be running the Steam client and maintaining a connection to the Internet. [1]

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement#2

[pseudosaid]

this IS true. your key access is umbrella’d under your steam account, which licenses you access to their software distribution services and other platform features.

How is this different than apple’s walled garden, or my email service, or nintendo digital downloads?