Valve threw it in the trash by way of using someone else's platform - that of Google. Guilt by association here, which also goes to people like me who are still using Win7. I just decided that it was no longer worth it and closed the account. As far as data collecting, no - it's not good for anyone to be doing that, but part of making a purchase from Valve is letting them know what you're buying it for. It's not an excuse, but it is part of how the purchase cycle of what they're selling works. You're forced to use their community, so if you want to make a purchase from them you get the baggage of community. That means they collect your playtime and what you're doing in the game to provide awards. The OS has no such community, beyond collecting crash dumps there's nothing Windows needs from me other than to get out of the way. Any other data that gets sent back is purely unnecessary collection. As far as ~~element~~ matrix goes, of course it's not privacy focused no matter how much they say it is. You're a fucking idiot if you think that and that's why it's not good for anything more that what we use it for here - posting memes and shit.