Understandable, though I don’t share your issue. Or rather, it has usually been a software problem (app wasting battery) rather than HW one.

Well yes. But gotta say, my last three phones lasted me 13 years and counting without requiring any repair. Unless you drop your phone regularly or sometging like that, I am not sure how important repairability really is.

1. What goat says. Still need steam to download and install on new/reinstalled PC.
2. I don’t know of any way to filter non DRM games on steam. If I have to research them one by one, that’s a big friction to buying the game.

Sure, but then why pay for them at all, unless you really want to support the devs?

It being legal and convenient is the improved service that can help reduce piracy.

I personally don’t get the fixation on physical media. Like sure, you may put it on the shelf, which can be nice. But realistically digital is the way to go for most people. I just want what GOG is doing, where you gat a real installer that just works without internet connection, without steam/gog installed, same today as in 20 years, even if GOG goes under.