"EA, play the license".

We all know here that you don't own anything on Steam or any other client with DRM. Duh...

B this shit should be illegal, I buy a product, game, license whatever you call it, it is mine. This farce of consumer protection... "do you understand the words coming out of my mouth!?....License!!'. Yeah we do, let us own our purchased games.

what's old is new again! they tried to pull this shit back in the day but physical media was the only delivery method. now that everything is downloaded there's a bunch of legal grey area they're hiding in.

so the next question, is this retroactive? if so, then when will I get my money back? Licensed software is cheaper than the full MSRP I paid for titles that had physical options I could have bought at a store. this is because licensed software usually has an expiration date while physical media with software can be installed anytime after purchase.

so, Valve, one last question.

And that's why the bulk of my game library comes from GOG, and I have Steam more out of commitment than taste.

We knew it 10 years ago, we know it now, how is this news to anyone consuming online digital content?

We know about we been buying a license not a game.