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This one is kind of accounted for. It’s implied there are protections that can be put in place to prevent it from being summoned with Accio.

Because it’s not “just a fancy interface”?

It makes the entire process from purchase to playing completely painless, on top of a large community of people, guides, achievements, etc. I think I’d maybe improve my performance by like…a fraction of a frame per second. Good trade off.

And as others have mentioned, Lutris does a good job if you don’t want steam.