It's funny how they keep actively pushing normal people towards, rather than away from, piracy (or copyright infringement).

From a certain angle it could be seen that they're backing people into a corner from which the only escape is piracy, and once the convenience of that apple has been tasted, it's difficult to go back to the sub-standard service provision and heavy usage restrictions of the 'legitimate' world.

Valve isn't in this horror cabinet of an industry lobbying group because they have customer orientation. Against all odds, they pioneered online distribution. They had a secret though and that was to not being shitty to their customers. And that even though Gabe Newell and consorts got a lot of shit from parts of the gaming community at first.

There is not a single example where any company replicated something like that, it always has been corporate enshittificated bloatware. With the exception of GOG for DRM-free titles. I doubt the companies listed in the article can achieve anything like that.