I agree with you there. I usually just want to try out the game before I buy the real deal. I don’t do too much online stuff these days, but occasionally I want to jump into a game with a friend and thus need my Steam account.
So sandbox completely? That’s doable. I imagine to have a Steam account completely separate from your primary account, you’d need to never share libraries and avoid matching IPs. Do you think Steam looks at hardware MAC addresses?
Hypothetically, if someone were to download a Steam game from FG what's the best operating procedure to avoid being Steam banned? For example, I understand that steam_api.dll will often be quarantined by MS Defender because the game uses a modded version of that file. Once it's restored what steps would you take to proceed? Log out of steam? Disable internet access? Kill all Steam processes?
I know. You’re right. It’s just an old habit.