>As a veteran PC gamer this software I view it as a virus
>I discovered it actually behaves like one
>this is worse than Denuvo
last week I decided to uninstall Steam since I got tired of my family shared games. (i never purchased anything on steam)
Upon uninstall it deleted half my desktop icons and rendered 4 non-steam games unplayable
I found out that its a well known "feature" to make sure it does a "complete uninstall"
>a veteran PC gamer
I laughed.
That's what you get for not purchasing a Nintendo Switch, this console would never tamper with your PC data and has exclusive, better games, and the definitive version of some great titles like Mario Kart 8 and soon TES V: Skyrim
You installed it to a ill thought out custom directory that was sharing data with other applications, didn't you?
This. Had it happen to me many times. Gotta watch where your installations are, and never put it where an uninstall will wreck everything. Shoot, just moving a folder's install directory will screw with every shortcut I have on my desktop. I installed starcraft 3 times because of that little blunder.
itt technologically retarded baboons
>Things that didn't actually happen
some people might think its a vindictive action by steam developers
BUT ITS OK WHEN STEAM DOES IT
I also lost a document containing all my fucking passwords
>not even viruses are this vindictive
You had a document containting "all your passwords"?
Wow, just wow.
>gets blown out
>tries to recover with "bu..but it..it's ooookay"
>doesn't understand the fault is on himself for being stupid
>even saves passwords in a doc and not having them in a physical storage medium, like a simple note book or something
Nothing here makes you look good, only worse.
> veteran PC gamer
> doesn't know how to install to custom path
>>doesn't understand the fault is on himself for being stupid
I hate tools like you in real life. Steam is a multi-million dollar company with thousands of employees and they cant make a properly uninstall for their software
UNLESS its done on purpose of course ;^)
If you install a software in %directory% uninstaller should delete the whole %directory% , that is good expected behaviour
If you install steam in D:\Games instead of D:\Games\Steam or whatever your custom path is, you are literally retarded.
>you are literally retarded
no you are
I have scientific evidence you are retarded
you have a $1000 euros of games on steam
you paid $1000 euros for torrents. try to sell your steam account to get to know the real life value of your ones and zeros
user I don't even have steam
>he doesn't back up his files
How's it feel being cucked?
Steam is cancer, I uninstalled it years ago and only pirate, buy from GOG when I play on PC.
You're not a "veteran PC gamer" if you are a filthy creature who pirate games. You deserve to be murdered.
>If you install a software in %directory% uninstaller should delete the whole %directory% , that is good expected behaviour
That's very debatable. Personally, as a developer, I would never remove a file from a user's computer that I didn't put there. If such a situation came up I would notify them that the relevant directories were not removed as they were not empty and then let the user decide what to do. That, I think, is the good expected behavior as it's how almost all prepackaged installers operate. That being said, I'd never assume that's what all uninstall processes are going to do.
>i can't just write my password on a piece of paper or god forbid just remember them and not write random gibberish with numbers
>I also lost a document containing all my fucking passwords
you are a goddamn retard just for having a digital document with passwords and you deserve everything you get
muh niggah
I just really hope that someone steps up in the digital distribution market to stop steam's de facto monopoly so we can have some real improvements