What guarantee do you have that Doom3 won't install a trojan that will spy on you?
What guarantee do you have that HL1 didn't install spyware that spied on you?
What guarantee do you have that notepad.exe doesn't log everything you type into it and send it to Satan?
I don't understand why people are so worried about Steam and privacy. Let's compare to HL1.
1) HL1
A. You install software on your computer
B. You play online by connecting to a master server that authenticates you. Information is transferred from your computer to the master server.
C...
Yeah, until I can find a way to hook it up to my powerbook, I'll be stuck in 4:3 too :P
I hope other games follow this lead though, I've always shied away from 16:9 monitors because no games support it.