I love my Steam account. I have dozens of games on there, and I love that they all come to one place. In fact, I try not to buy games that don't link to Steam. The convenience of having them all in front of me is just great, rather than searching through a pile of CDs, or looking through my emails for other codes and download links. It's also very secure, so I have no complaints.
Voting something down just because you dislike the ideology of Steam is just daft in my opinion.