Cut and paste
As I said it’s not about buying products but about the “possibility” of creating a so called Universal anything that can be tailored to meet the best interests of any given company as bandwidth being sold like any other form of commodity like Orange Juice, Oil, or Wheat that can effect the return rates of digital products being brought to market. I’m not suggesting that Microsoft is evil by nature but by nature they are required by law to act in the best interest of the company and in turn and in turn in the best interests of those who invest in Microsoft stock
And yes there are hidden costs both up front as well as after sale.
As for portals like Steam that delivers “content” they by themselves do not effect the “ecosystem” no more than your choice of fruit or vegetable stands along the highway but if you own the road to and from the stands and apply an unfair toll then someone has to pay the added costs and worst.
It’s not about application as to end user use but rather the treatment of bandwidth as a commodity to be sold on wall street and suffer the same from the same abuses that historically we should all know by now.