I don't buy games on steam so I can have them in the future. I buy them on steam so I can play them today, so I can easily reinstall them, so I can have my save files synced across devices and and reinstalls.

The day steam gets enshitified where it isn't giving me that convenience is the day I stop using it. Most of my library was purchased for <$10 in summer sales, I've played their worth and then some. If Valve disappears tomorrow and my steam library with it, there's only a handful of games I might repurchase, I wouldn't be that devastated.

I don't make a living off it, my life doesn't depend on it, I don't need it... it's entertainment and convenience that I want today, and valve allows me to play more and more of library on Linux every day, which is great because I've completely uninstalled Windows.

In contrast, I don't use streaming services, where you're not even guaranteed access to the media TODAY. I wouldn't use Steam if it was a subscription.